Appeals court confirms death penalty for Saddam Hussein
{{date|December 26, 2006}}

{{Saddam Hussein Infobox}}

According to the Tribunal spokesman Raed Jouhi, the Iraqi High Tribunal's appeals court in [[w:Baghdad|Baghdad]] confirms the sentence of death against the former [[w:Iraq|Iraq]]i President [[w:Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein]], after a month and a half of trial review. 

According to the [[w:CNN|CNN]], no sentence has been notified to Saddam Hussein yet.

On November 5, Hussein was sentenced to death for his role in the [[w:Dujail massacre|Dujail massacre]] in 1982, in which 148 Shiites died.

According to Iraqi laws, Hussein would be hanged within 30 days, and there is no chance of pardon.

==Source==
*{{Wikinews|title=:it:Confermata la condanna a morte per Saddam Hussein
|date=26 December 2006}} (in [[w:Italian language|Italian]])
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/26/iraq.main/index.html
|title= Hussein death sentence upheld
|author=
|pub=CNN
|date=26 December 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/26wire-hussein.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
|title=Hussein Loses Death Sentence Appeal, Official Says
|author=
|pub=The New York Times
|date=26 December 2006}}

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[[Category:Shia Islam]]

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[[it:Confermata la condanna a morte per Saddam Hussein]]
According to the Tribunal spokesman Raed Jouhi, the Iraqi High Tribunal's appeals court in Baghdad confirms the sentence of death against the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, after a month and a half of trial review. 

According to the CNN, no sentence has been notified to Saddam Hussein yet.

On November 5, Hussein was sentenced to death for his role in the Dujail massacre in 1982, in which 148 Shiites died.

According to Iraqi laws, Hussein would be hanged within 30 days, and there is no chance of pardon.
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