Thread: Saddam to be hung

Saddam Hussein returned to court Tuesday for his genocide trial, two days after another panel convicted him of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang.

Saddam, wearing a black suit and white shirt, found his way quietly to his seat among the other six defendants charged in the Operation Anfal crackdown against Iraqi Kurds in the late 1980s.

The chief judge then convened the session and called the first witness, Qahar Khalil Mohammed.

On Sunday, another five-judge panel convicted Saddam in the deaths of nearly 150 Shiite Muslims following a 1982 assassination attempt against him in the town of Dujail in 1982.

He and two others were sentenced to death by hanging. Four co-defendants received lesser sentences and one was acquitted.
What do you think on the sentence? Is it the right thing to do? Or the right way to do it?

They are going to make him martyr, and he will be regarded as the best leader in Iraq for years to come.

Furthermore, what type of reaction do you think there will be when the sentence is actually carried out?