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April 29th, 2008
Posted: 11:11 AM ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death has condemned the manner in which the notorious dictator was executed. “It was uncivilized and backward,” said Chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman, who spoke to reporters on Tuesday as they awaited the start of the latest trial of ex-regime members. Hussein, a Sunni Muslim, was hanged for his role in the killings of 148 people in Dujail, a mostly Shiite town north of Baghdad, after a 1982 attempt to assassinate the then-Iraqi leader. The hanging — which took place as hostilities between Sunnis and Shiites were erupting — occurred December 30, 2006, when Sunnis began celebrating the religious holiday Eid al-Adha. “In Iraqi law, there are no public executions,” Abdul Rahman said. “Eid is a time of love, tranquility and reconciliation, not a time for executions.” |
 
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