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Iraq

Saddam 'Prefers Firing Squad To Hanging'

Hussein in court (file photo) (epa)

Hussein in court (file photo) (epa)

3 January 2006 -- Saddam Hussein said he would rather die by firing squad than by hanging if he is sentenced to death for war crimes, according to a report in "The Washington Times" today.

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January 03, 2006


The U.S. daily quoted a lawyer for the ousted Iraqi leader as saying Hussein made the comments last month during a break in his trial.


Lawyer Issam Ghazzawi said he and another lawyer, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, raised the possibility that Hussein might be sentenced to death if convicted of war crimes.


Ghazzawi said Hussein told them: "I am the commander in chief.... I prefer it to be by firing squad."


Hussein's trial on charges of crimes against humanity is set to resume on 24 January.


(AFP/washingtontimes.com)

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