| The decision to deliver a death sentence to Tariq Aziz has caused a stir in the international community. |
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| The decision passed down by Iraq's high tribunal to sentence Tariq Aziz, former foreign minister to death, has caused a stir in the international community. However, it is unlikely many, if any, will speak out against the decision [EPA] |
So what really lies behind the decision by Iraq's high tribunal to pass a death sentence on Tariq Aziz, long serving Iraqi foreign minister and number two to Saddam Hussein? The decision has caused shock waves around the World, largely because the sentence has the feel of vengeance to it. The Iraqi High Tribunal took what must be a highly unusual step in effectively rescinding the earlier judgments against him. For Tariq Aziz’s twenty seven year sentence has effectively been reduced to a matter of months by his death sentence. Aziz has now been found guilty of “the persecution of Islamic parties”, whose leaders were assassinated, imprisoned or forced into exile.
Tariq Aziz is of course a Chaldean Christian, who along with the Assyrian Christians, have suffered terribly since the War, with more than half of their number now living in exile.
ReplyDeleteIraq's Christian population has been decimated, and the possibility that someone born a Christian like Aziz could assume a prominent post in the current regime is absolutely nil.
Presumably there was enough proof to show that Tariq Aziz was involved
ReplyDeleteThere was no proof, no witnesses, no document bearing his signiture, nothing, it<span> was a kangaroo court farce from the very beginning, without the slightest pretense of fairness.</span>
<p><span><span><span>Nouri al-Maliki</span> is the one who deserves a noose put round his criminal neck, rather than this innocent man.</span></span><span> </span><span><span>As the WikiLeak documents prove beyond a doubt that the current Iraqi government and its unelected prime minister have committed every conceivable crime<span> </span><span>against humanity and civilization.</span></span></span></p>
ReplyDeleteNouri al-Maliki is the one who deserves a noose put round his criminal neck, rather than this innocent man. As the WikiLeak documents prove beyond a doubt that the current Iraqi government and its unelected prime minister have committed every conceivable crime against humanity, culture, and civilization.
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