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Saddam Hussein, Barzan Al Tikriti
sentenced to hang
5.11.2006
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BAGHDAD, November
5, -- The Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced
toppled leader Saddam Hussein to death by hanging
for crimes against humanity.
The ousted president, visibly shaken, shouted out "Allahu
Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the
nation!".
The Iraqi High Tribunal also handed down death
sentences to former revolutionary chief judge Awad
Hamed al-Bander and Saddam's half brother and former
intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti.
Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was
sentenced to life in prison.
The charges stemmed from the killing of 148 Shi'ite
men in Dujail after an assassination attempt against
Saddam in 1982.
A death sentence or life imprisonment generates an
automatic appeal, delaying any execution by months
at least.
Saddam has said he wants to face a military firing
squad, not the hangman.
The judge presiding over the trial of Saddam Hussein
and seven others on charges of crimes against
humanity ejected former U.S. attorney general Ramsey
Clark, part of an international defence team, from
the court.
Clark, who heads an international team of lawyers
involved in the defence, was ejected at the start of
a hearing at which Saddam and two aides were
convicted and sentenced to death. |
Chief Judge Raouf Abdel Rahman, headed the panel for
Saddam'
 
Former dictator Saddam Hussein (L), Barzan Ibrahim
al-Tikriti Saddam's half brother and former
intelligence chief
Photo : AFP |
The judge, Raouf Abdul Rahman, ejected Clark because
he had sent a memo to Abdul Rahman including the
accusation that the tribunal was making "a mockery
of justice".
The judge told him in Arabic: "No, you are the
mockery ... get him out, out."
Abdul Rahman then shouted in English: "Out! Out!"
CHRONOLOGY-Life of Saddam
Hussein
Saddam Hussein was sentenced to hang at a session on
Sunday of the U.S.-backed court in Baghdad which
found him guilty of crimes against humanity.
Following are key dates in the life of the former
Iraqi president:
April 28, 1937 - Born in al-Awja village outside
Tikrit, 150 km (90 miles) north of Baghdad.
Oct 1956 - Joins uprising against pro-British
royalist rulers and then becomes a militant in the
pan-Arab, secular Baath Party.
Oct 1959 - A year after overthrow of monarchy, takes
part in attempt to kill Prime Minister Abdel-Karim
Kassem. Flees abroad.
Feb 1963 - Returns to Baghdad when the Baath Party
seizes power in a military coup but nine months
later Baathists are toppled. Caught and jailed.
Elected deputy secretary-general of the party while
in prison. |
July 1968 - Saddam helps plot the coup that puts the
Baath Party back in power, deposing President Abdul-Rahman
Aref.
March 1975 - As vice-president of the Revolutionary
Command Council (RCC), signs border agreement with
the Shah of Iran, who ends support for an Iraqi
Kurdish revolt, causing its collapse.
July 16, 1979 - Takes power after President Ahmed
Hassan al-Bakr steps aside as chairman of the RCC.
Sept 22, 1980 - Following border skirmishes, Saddam
launches war on Iran that lasts eight years.
March 16, 1988 - Iraqi forces launch chemical attack
on Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, killing about
5,000 people.
Aug 20, 1988 - A ceasefire is officially implemented
in the Iran-Iraq war. The campaign against Kurds
continues. |
Saddam Hussein |
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Aug 2, 1990 - Launches invasion of Kuwait, prompting
U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iraq.
Jan 17, 1991 - U.S.-led forces start Gulf War with
air attacks on Iraq and occupied Kuwait. Hostilities
end on Feb 28 with eviction of Iraqi forces from
Kuwait.
Oct 15, 1995 - Saddam wins a presidential referendum
and is elected unopposed with more than 99 percent
of the vote.
Oct 15, 2002 - Official results show Saddam wins 100
percent of votes in a referendum for a new term in
office.
Dec 7, 2002 - Saddam apologises for invasion of
Kuwait but blames the emirate's leadership. Kuwait
rejects the apology.
Feb 2003 - In first interview in more than a decade,
Saddam denies Baghdad has any banned weapons or
links to al Qaeda.
March 20 - U.S. launches war against Iraq.
April 9 - U.S. forces sweep into the heart of
Baghdad as Saddam Hussein's 24-year rule crumbles.
July 22 - U.S. military confirms Saddam's two sons,
Uday and Qusay, were killed in gun battle in Mosul.
Dec 14 - U.S. officials announce capture of Saddam.
Oct 19, 2005 - Trial opens with Saddam charged with
crimes against humanity for the killing of 148
Shi'ite men in Dujail after a 1982 assassination
attempt. He pleads not guilty.
Aug. 21, 2006 - Saddam refuses to enter a plea as
the trial starts on charges of war crimes in the "Anfal"
campaign that killed tens of thousands of Kurdish
villagers in 1988.
Nov. 5, 2006 - A court in Baghdad finds Saddam
guilty of crimes against humanity and sentences him
to hang for the deaths of 148 Shi'ite men in Dujail.
Reuters
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