“United Nations and European Union leaders have condemned the executions in Baghdad of two of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein’s top aides. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he regretted the move, while a top EU official said it had damaged Iraqi reconciliation … The US and UK also expressed concern about the conduct of the executions … Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar were hanged for crimes against humanity - Barzan was decapitated by the noose, but officials said it was an accident.”

BBC News article here.

Posted Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 @ 12:46 pm
Filed in human rights, middle east, politics

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