IRAQ: TAREQ AZIZ TO BE EXECUTED IN 2012, OFFICIAL SAYS
Saad Yusef al-Muttalibi, adviser to the Iraqi prime minister Nouri al Maliki, has told CNN that Saddam Hussein's former deputy, the Christian Tareq Aziz, will be executed in 2012 "after the withdrawal of USA troops".
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Saad Yusef al-Muttalibi, adviser to the Iraqi prime minister Nouri al Maliki, has told CNN that Saddam Hussein's former deputy, the Christian Tareq Aziz, will be executed in 2012 "after the withdrawal of USA troops".
The announcement came as a surprise to Aziz's lawyers. "We did not think the government was so stupid," said a member of the legal team. "By behaving this way they will drag the country to the edge of an abyss," said Badi Arif.
Aziz was arrested by U.S. troops in April 2003 and was sentenced to death last year because of the role he played in the persecution of Shiite movements.
The announcement came as a surprise to Aziz's lawyers. "We did not think the government was so stupid," said a member of the legal team. "By behaving this way they will drag the country to the edge of an abyss," said Badi Arif.
Aziz was arrested by U.S. troops in April 2003 and was sentenced to death last year because of the role he played in the persecution of Shiite movements.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: AGI, 06/12/2011)
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