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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
listens to a testimony during his trial inside the heavily fortified Green
Zone in Baghdad Nov. 7, 2006. Saddam was back in court on Tuesday for the
first time since he was sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity,
facing separate charges of genocide of the Kurds. (Xinhua/Reuters
Photo)
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 China: Saddam's fate should be decided by Iraqis
BEIJING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The fate
of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein should be decided by Iraqi people, said
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Tuesday.
China hopes to see stability in Iraq and peaceful
life for the Iraqi people at an early date, Jiang said at a regular press
conference.
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was sentenced
to death by hanging on Sunday after being found guilty of crimes against
humanity.
Iran urges Saddam's death sentence to
be carried out
TEHRAN, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Iran here
Tuesday described former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as a criminal who deserved
to die, urging for the death sentence on him to be carried out.
"We want the correct, fair and legal verdict against this
criminal (Saddam)... could be enforced," Iran's government spokesman Gholam
Hossein Elham told a news conference.
Anger overwhelms joy in Iraq after
Saddam's death verdict
BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Fierce clashes
broke out in some Sunni districts in Baghdad immediately after former Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death, an Interior Ministry source and
witnesses said Monday.
Clashes erupted in Zaafaraniyah neighborhood in
southeastern Baghdad between insurgents and Iraqi security forces backed by U.S.
troops, wounding at least five people. Elsewhere, clashes in Fadhil district in
central Baghdad resulted in death of an Iraqi army officer, he added. >>
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