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Aljazeera.com Saddam to be sentenced, executed in weeks - Report 7/23/2005 3:00:00 PM GMT http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=9259
According to an Iraqi government paper Saddam Hussein will be sentenced and executed in weeks
An Iraqi government newspaper reported on Saturday that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is expected to be sentenced and executed within weeks.
The government-financed Sabah daily quoted unidentified sources close to the court charged with hearing Saddam's case that the verdict will be issued within three weeks against the former president and his former top aides.
According to the sources, they expect the first death penalty against the former regime officials to be handed to Saddam after the special court convicts him on 12 charges of "crimes against humanity."
Only last week, the court finished its questioning of Saddam over his role in the alleged killing of 150 residents from al-Dujail by the security forces of his regime after a foiled assassination attempt against Saddam in the area in 1992.
Reader Comments: now here is the kind of that every red neck justice delivering american can appreciate. trial in progress hanging day after. no need for jury,no public hearing, just let the judge do the talking. saves time and money.government owned papers? at least in states we can bribe the private owners of media outlets. if this is an indication of the form democracy and criminal law is taking in iraq, what has changed since before the invasion? M. Chattick Sr. from OLD United State