Prosecutors call for Saddam death sentence

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The prosecution in Saddam Hussein's trial today demanded the death penalty for the former Iraqi dictator and two of his co-defendants as closing arguments in the eight-month trial began.

Saddam, his half-brother and former intelligence chief, Barzan Ibrahim, and Taha Yassin Ramadan, another former senior regime member, should all be executed, the chief prosecutor, Jaafar al-Moussawi, said.


...the trial - which began in October - has made slow progress, repeatedly being interrupted by outbursts from Saddam and his co-defendants and a series of defence boycotts.

It has also been hit by the killing of two defence lawyers and the resignation of the first chief judge in January.

More at http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1801179,00.html?gusrc=rss

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