Culpeper
11-05-2006, 06:34 PM
Saddam Hussein To Hang (http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13550448,00.html)
Angry, shaking and defiant, Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging for ordering the murder of Iraqi civilians.
"Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", he shouted, pointing defiantly at the judge as the verdict was delivered.
Looking away in disgust, and then staring angrily back at the judge he continued to shout "Long live the people and death to their enemies. Long live the glorious nation, and death to its enemies!"
He had refused to stand for the verdict and had to be lifted to his feet by two court bailiffs.
"Make him stand," the judge ordered as the former president stayed seated.
He then stood in silence and waited for his fate to be announced to the world.
Saddam was convicted of ordering the deaths of 148 Shia men and teenage boys in the town of Dujail in 1982... Saddam's lawyer said the former president urged Iraqis "not to take revenge" on the US coalition and to "unify in the face of sectarian strike".
Angry, shaking and defiant, Saddam Hussein has been sentenced to death by hanging for ordering the murder of Iraqi civilians.
"Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", he shouted, pointing defiantly at the judge as the verdict was delivered.
Looking away in disgust, and then staring angrily back at the judge he continued to shout "Long live the people and death to their enemies. Long live the glorious nation, and death to its enemies!"
He had refused to stand for the verdict and had to be lifted to his feet by two court bailiffs.
"Make him stand," the judge ordered as the former president stayed seated.
He then stood in silence and waited for his fate to be announced to the world.
Saddam was convicted of ordering the deaths of 148 Shia men and teenage boys in the town of Dujail in 1982... Saddam's lawyer said the former president urged Iraqis "not to take revenge" on the US coalition and to "unify in the face of sectarian strike".