Britain's Foreign Office said it would make clear to...

Britain's Foreign Office said it would make clear to Iraqis that London was against the use of the death penalty in any trial involving captured president Saddam Hussein. "The (Iraqi) governing council recently made clear that they wanted to set up a special tribunal with international assistance and it is important that the Iraqis are seen to resolve this issue for themselves," Foreign Office junior minister Bill Rammell told BBC news. "Clearly in those circumstances we would make our views clear about the death penalty," Rammell said, adding: "Our position on the death penalty is longstanding, we're opposed to the death penalty."