THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Tariq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputy prime minister, has been sentenced to death, according to Iraqi state television.In the first such sentence handed down against the longtime international face of the Saddam regime, the report said: "The supreme criminal court issued an execution order against Tariq Aziz for his role in eliminating religious parties".
It said that the court also ordered death sentences against two other top Saddam lieutenants, Saadoun Shaker, the former Iraq interior minister, and Abid Hamoud, the executed dictator's secretary.
All three were sentenced for their roles in a crackdown on members of Iraq's Shiite majority community that followed a 1991 uprising against Saddam.
By law, the sentences have to be confirmed by the presidential council before being carried out. >>> | Tuesday, October 26, 2010
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Vatican calls for clemency for Tareq Aziz: The Vatican on Tuesday urged clemency for Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz, after a court sentenced him to death for murder and crimes against humanity. >>> | Wednesday, October 27, 2010
RADIO VATIKAN: Vatikan: „Todesstrafe an Aziz nicht vollziehen“ : Der Vatikan ruft den den Irak dazu auf, den früheren Außenminister des Saddam-Regimes Tarek Aziz nicht hinzurichten. „Die Haltung der Kirche zur Todesstrafe ist bekannt“, erklärte Vatikansprecher Federico Lombardi am Montag Abend – kurz nachdem Aziz von einem irakischen Sondertribunal zum Tod durch den Strang verurteilt worden war. Der Jesuit wörtlich: „Wir hoffen wirklich, dass das Urteil nicht vollstreckt wird“: Eine solche Geste könne „Versöhnung und Wiederaufbau“ im Irak nach all den „großen Leiden“ fördern. >>> (rv 27.10.2010 sk) | Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 2010
