Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/story/0,22049,20705745-5001028,00.html
Guilty verdicts for Saddam co-accused
From correspondents in Baghdad
November 05, 2006 12:00
Article from: Agence France-Presse
THE verdict hearing of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is underway in Baghdad with three of his co-accused found guilty of murder and torture and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Saddam Hussein deputy and former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was sentenced to life in prison as verdicts were issued in the deposed Iraqi leader's trial for crimes against humanity.
A former Baath Party official, Mohammed Azawi Ali, was acquitted and immediately freed for lack of evidence.
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Quote: “I will die with honor and with no fear, with pride for my country and my Arab nation but the U.S. occupiers will leave in humiliation and defeat,” they quoted Saddam as saying. “They will see rivers of blood for years to come. It will dwarf Vietnam.”