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CNN: Saddam´s co-defendants hanged
Source: Xinhuanet | 01-15-2007 16:50
Special Report: Iraq in Transition |
BAGHDAD, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Saddam Hussein's two co-defendants, his half brother and the former chief of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, were hanged before dawn on Monday, CNN reported.
Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother, and Awad Hamed al-Bandarhad been found guilty along with Saddam of the killing of nearly 150 Shiites in Dujail village, some 60 km north of Baghdad, following a 1982 assassination attempt on the former leader.
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| Saddam Hussein (2nd R) chats with his intelligence chief and half-brother, Barzan al-Tikriti (2nd L) as his sons Uday (L) and Qusay walk past in an undated holiday photo from the private archive of an official photographer for the regime. (Xinhua Photo) |
The execution came two weeks and two days after Saddam's execution on Dec. 30, which drew a mixed reaction from around the world.
On Jan. 6, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Iraq to suspend the execution of "those whose death sentences may be carried out in the near future."
Editor:Du Xiaodan
