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Sunday, November 5, 2006
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From today's Slate: "Overnight reports confirm that Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to hang by the Iraqi High Tribunal. Saddam was charged with ordering the massacre of numerous Iraqi civilians at Dujail in 1982 in retribution for a failed attempt on his life while visiting the town. Two of Saddam's seven co-defendants, including his half-brother, were also sentenced to death; one defendant was acquitted. An appeal of the verdict is possible. The Los Angeles Times, noting the theatricality of the court proceedings, reports that many Sunni observers doubt the court's fairness."
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