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Saddam´s former deputy hanged in Iraq

Source: CRI | 03-20-2007 10:04

Special Report:   Iraq in Transition

Saddam Hussein's former deputy was hanged before dawn Tuesday for the killings of 148 Shiites, an official with the prime minister's office said, the Associated Press reports.

Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was Saddam's vice president when the regime was ousted four years ago, was the fourth man to be executed in the killings of 148 Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt against the former leader in the city of Dujail.

 

Editor:Du Xiaodan