Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 6, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba a4 Winnipeg free press monday november 6, 2006 Saddam Hussein guilty the breakdown of the charges details of the convictions and sentences for Saddam Hussein and seven co defendants in trial for 1982 War crimes in the town of Duvail. The specific convictions come under the Broad headings under iraqi Law of crimes against humanity and War crimes. Saddam Hussein former iraqi president. Guilty of murder sentenced to death. . Guilty of forced deportation sentenced to 10 years in prison. . Guilty of torture sentenced to 10 years in prison. Barzan Ibrahim Saddam a half brother and former intelligence chief . Guilty of murder sentenced to death. . Guilty of forced deportation sentenced to 10 years in prison. . Guilty of torture sentenced to 10 years in prison. Awad Hamed Al Bandar former head of the revolutionary court. Guilty of murder sentenced to death. Taha Yassin Ramadan former iraqi vice president. Guilty of murder sentenced to life in prison. . Guilty of forced deportation sentenced to 10 years in prison. . Guilty of torture sentenced to seven years in prison. . Guilty of inhumane acts sentenced to seven years in prison. Abdullah Kazim Juwayyid former baath party official. Guilty of murder sentenced to 15 years in prison. Guilty of torture sentenced to seven years in prison. Sentences run concurrently so he will serve 15 years. Mizar Abdullah Juwayyid for Mer baath official. Guilty of murder sentenced to 15 years in prison. Guilty of torture sentenced to seven years in prison. Sentences run concurrently so he will serve 15 years. Ali Dayish Ali former baath official . Guilty of murder sentenced to 15 years in prison. Guilty of torture sentenced to seven years in prison. Sentences run concurrently so he will serve 15 years Mohammed Azawi Ali former baath official. Acquitted of All charges and ordered released from custody immediately. Go to hell you and the court Saddam reacts angrily after receiving death sentence by Ellen Knickmeyer b Baghdad Iraq ? a divided and violent Iraq broke into starkly disparate displays of emotion on sunday after judges in Baghdad condemned former president Saddam Hus Sein to hang for committing wilful murder in the course of crimes against humanity. In the South a shiite Muslim father held aloft the tiny shrouded remains of a Young son killed Long ago by Saddam a armed Campaign against the country a shiites. The father danced with his sons Bones in the Street among celebrating crowds elated at the death penalty handed the former dictator. In the North a sunni Muslim Man in Saddam a Home City strapped an explosive Belt around his Waist and vowed to take Justice for the death penalty handed Saddam. Today a sentences were a death sen tence on righteousness and this makes it obligatory to take the revenge for Iraq said the Man 29-year-old Ibrahim Yahya among other sunnis in jabbing Rifle muzzles and pistols in the air in angry protests. Drums elsewhere kurd pounded giant Drums in traditional Celebration. Shiite boys and men threw candies and fired into the air. Bitter sunni men clasped Saddam a portraits in one hand their weapons in another. In Baghdad a Green zone a five judge iraqi panel announced its unanimous sentence of death for Saddam and two of his seven co defendants including Saddam a half brother. Four other defendants were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 years to life and an eighth was acquitted. The sentences of death and of life imprisonment will be automatically appealed with no time limit set for appellate judges decision. If Saddam is executed it would Cut Short his prosecution for campaigns in the 1980s and 1990s in which his government allegedly killed tens of thou Sands ? or More ? of majority shiites and minority kurd. The charges on which he was convicted sunday arose from an incident of lesser scale the arrest and execution of 148 shiite men and boys from the town of Duvail in the 1980s. The United states largely funded sad dams trial and . Officials close to the trial called sundays outcome vindication of Washington a promotion having courts in individual nations try cases involving War crimes and crimes against humanity. The Bush administration has been a leading opponent of International tribunals fearing . Soldiers would be tried before them for political Rea sons. After a meandering year Long trial sundays sentencing was rapid fire brusque and volatile. Make him stand up chief judge David furst / associated press Saddam Hussein yells As a Bailiff attempts to silence him As the verdict is delivered during his trial in Baghdad a heavily fortified Green zone. Raouf Abdul Rahman ordered after sad dam wearing the same dark suit and open collared shirt he had worn for most of the trial took a seat when he entered the courtroom and refused to Rise. Six iraqi guards hauled Saddam to his feet and held his arms behind his Back As his Fate was declared. The toppled Leader broke into shouts As soon As Abdul Saddam took Rahman began my sons from Reading. In the five minutes that me. What was followed both the crime that men shouted out my son com louder and louder to be heard Over fitted he the other. Was Only four Long live the nation Down ? Abbas with the criminal invaders Down with the spies Down with the occupiers Saddam declared thrusting his Finger in the air his body shaking with rage. One of the iraqi guards sidled around to Saddam a front putting his face with in a few inches of Saddam a to take in the former leaders reaction As the death sentence was read. Smacking gum open Jawed the guard smiled mockingly then laughed. The court has decided to sentence Saddam Hussein Al Majid to death by hanging Abdul Rahman said. Tors gallery hidden from View applaud go to hell you and the court sad de when Clark was ejected. God is dam shouted. You Don to decide any greatest the unseen spectators cried thing you Are servants of the occupiers later when the first death sentence was and lackeys you Are puppets announced. Officials said the spectators take him out the judge shouted at included some of the survivors of the the end of a declaration convicting sad-1980s Campaign in Duvail As Well As the dam on five of six charges of crimes country a new Interior minister and against humanity. Other Politi Long live the kurd the 69-year-old cans. Today a sen Saddam shouted As guards pulled him to the shiite the courtroom door. Long live the politicians fences were a arabs who Lead death sentence defiant Iraq a coalition on righteous government with equal Defiance. Its All in the hand went on Televik Ness and this of the almighty its All in the hands of his fellow condemned heard their Fate Sion after the makes it Obliga court session Ramadan Saddam a former vice presi to congrats tory to take the Dent As guards pushed him out of the late the Vic revenge for Iraq courtroom after announcement of his the holy warriors shouted Taha Tims of Ibrahim Yahya Saddam and minutes earlier at least six guards had life sentence. Condemn his surrounded former . Attorney Gen leadership. The Saddam Era is Over and eral Ramsey Clark one of the defense his party has become part of the past lawyers and hustled him out of the prime minister Nouri Al Maliki a shiite courtroom. Get him out get him out whose Dawa party carried out the Assas Abdul Rahman shouted in English out Sina Tion attempt in Duvail in 1982, said on raged at a court filing submitted by iraqi a state television. Clark that apparently referred to the jubilant men and boys poured out into trial As a travesty. He a coming from the streets of shiite communities around America to insult the iraqi people and Southern and Central Iraq despite a cur the court the judge added in arabic. Few imposed to try to prevent any Vio above the courtroom vips in a Visi Lent reaction to the verdict. In Baghdad officers in the shiite dominated police forces celebrated by handing out Candy from their patrol vehicles and blaring cassettes hailing shiite political leaders. In the Southern shiite holy City of Najaf the celebrating crowds included boys and Young men marching in the old military uniforms of fathers allegedly killed by Saddam a government. A White haired Man in his 50s Wear ing a Grey Cotton Robe who identified himself Only As Abbas walked among them holding up the swaddled bound Bones of his son Hassan. All of Abbas a sons had disappeared in 1991, along with thousands of other shiite As Saddam a forces crushed a shiite uprising after the persian Gulf War. Only last week Abbas had recovered the remains of Hassan who was four when he disappeared after an officials Chance discovery of an old grave holding five bodies. Abbas had been taking his sons body to burial sunday. At the sight of the demonstration he stopped his car in the Middle of the Road. Soon he was jumping up and Down among the crowd holding up Hassan a Bones for All to mourn. Saddam took my sons from me Abbas said. He began crying. What was the crime that my son committed he was Only ? the Washington Post a rare bit of Good news for Bush from Iraq by Sheldon Alberts Washington ? president George w. Bush ? whose approval ratings have plummeted As blood shed in Iraq has increased ? hailed Saddam Hus Sein death sentence sunday As a Milestone in the country a transition to a democratic nation governed by the Rule of Law. Saddam a guilty verdict gave Bush a rare bit of Good news from Iraq just As americans prepare to go to the polls tuesday in mid term elections that Are widely seen As a referendum on the presidents handling of the War. Its a major achieve Bush ment for Iraq a Young democracy and its constitutional government Bush said in Waco Texas before departing on a final Campaign swing in the Midwest ahead of tues Days balloting. History will record today a judgment As an important achievement on the path to a free and just and unified society ? democratic critics meantime said Saddam a penalty does nothing to change the need for a dra Matic shift in strategy in a country Tilting towards civil War Between rival sunni and shiite muslims. It was important that Saddam be brought to jus Tice and everyone is United in the Hope that it does it Lead to an increase in violence said Rand Beers president of the National Security network and a former counter terrorism adviser to Bush and former president Bill Clinton. What is equally True however is that this changes nothing. America is no safer Iraq is More dangerous and in Senate minority Leader Harry Reid a Nevada Democrat said iraqis have traded a dictator for chaos and that White House policy had left Amer ican troops caught in the White House press Secretary Tony Snow told the associated press that . Voters should see the trials conclusion As a sign Iraq is capable of Fol lowing the Rule of Law despite sectarian strife that has enveloped the country Over the past year. I think american voters ought to be heartened by it Snow said. This is getting iraqis to stand up on their ? can West news service ;