Dujail case: Saddam gets death

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Baghdad: Saddam Hussein was sentenced on Sunday to death by hanging for his role in a brutal crackdown nearly 25 years ago in Dujail – the once obscure Iraqi town that is now a symbol of his regime's cruelty.

The court said Saddam should be hanged within 30 days. Appeals, if any, must be filed with in 10 days, the court ruled, before it was adjourned for the day.

Saddam shouted at the judges, saying "Down with the court and you people. You are the enemies of humanity." He also abused US and "other Western forces".

Also sentenced to death were Barzan Hassan, Saddam Hussein's half-brother and former head of the intelligence agency, and Awad Bandar, the former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court.

THE VERDICT
	SADDAM HUSSEIN: Deposed Iraqi President guilty of crimes against humanity,sentenced to death by hanging.
	AWAD HAMAD AL-BANDAR: Saddam's co-accused and head of revolutionery court that had sentenced 143 Dujail residents in the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on Saddam on July 8, 1982. Also sentenced to death by hanging.
	BARZAN IBRAHIM EL-HASAN AL-TIKRITI: Saddam's half-brother and former intelligence chief, also given death penalty.
	TAHA YASSIN RAMADAN: Saddam's vice-president, sentenced to life imprisonment.
	ABDULLAH RUWAID: Baath Party official in Dujail region, believed responsible for Dujail arrests. Gets 15 years in jail.
	MIZHER RUWAID: Son of co-defendant Abdullah Ruwaid and Baath Party official from Dujail region. Gets 15 years in jail.
	ALI DAYEM ALI: Another Baath Party official from Dujail, faces 15 years in jail.
	MOHAMMED AZZAWI ALI: Former Baath Party official from Dujail, acquitted for insufficient evidence.

Bandar repeatedly screamed "Allahu Akhbar" – God is great – as he was being taken out of court.

Taha Yassin Ramadan, the former vice- president of Iraq, was sentenced to life in prison.