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IndianExpress.com :: Saddam Hussein gets death (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Under Iraqi law, death sentences automatically trigger an appeal to the appellate chamber of the trial court, so any executions would likely be subject to a delay of at least several months and possibly as much as a year. |
 | | Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former vice president under Hussein and the leader of the Popular Army, a Baath Party militia at the time of the Dujail events, was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the crimes. |
 | | Today, Maliki said that with the Saddam Hussein “era” now past, the door was “wide open for all to participate in the political process through reconciliation, which has been endorsed by the Iraqi people,” according to translation provided by CNN during the broadcast. |
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