memeorandum: Saddam sentenced to death by hanging (Allahpundit/Hot Air)

10:20 AM ET, November 5, 2006

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Saddam To Be Hanged — Saddam Hussein has been found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. — Visibly shaken, Saddam shouted: "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", pointing defiantly at the judge.

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Kirk Semple / New York Times:

Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death — An Iraqi special tribunal today convicted Saddam Hussein of crimes against humanity for the brutal repression of a Shiite town in the 1980s and sentenced him to death by hanging. — As the verdict was read, Mr. Hussein shouted, "Long live the people!

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BBC:

Death penalty for Saddam Hussein — Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court and sentenced to death by hanging. — He was found guilty over his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982.

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Saddam sentenced to death by hanging — For his part in the massacre at Dujail, which I encourage you to compare to the Nazi massacre at Lidice. These guys all follow the same playbook; this particular game just happened to end a little differently. — Barzan al-Tikriti …

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Washington Post:

Saddam Hussein Sentenced to Death — Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was found guilty by a special tribunal Sunday of crimes against humanity for the torture and execution of more than 100 people from a small town north of Baghdad 24 years ago. He was sentenced to death by hanging.

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Associated Press:

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Gateway Pundit:

Saddam Verdict is Announced - DEATH BY HANGING! — ** Bye, Bye, Butcher!... Saddam will face death by hanging! … Saddam is forced to stand for his verdict of "Death by Hanging!" — The judge was strong and swift with the verdict. — Burn, Baby, Burn!

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Associated Press:

Saddam sentenced to death by hanging — Shiites, Kurds celebrate upon hearing court's guilty verdict — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang for the 1982 killing of 148 Shiites in the city of Dujail.

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Fox News:

SADDAM HUSSEIN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY — Saddam Hussein shouts and points the judge at his sentencing hearing. — Saddam Hussein shouts and points the judge at his sentencing hearing. — BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein, the iron-fisted dictator who ruled Iraq …

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Pajamas Media:

SADDAM TO HANG — Saddam Hussein and Two Senior Officials Sentenced to Death by Hanging — Liveblog coverage — (Latest News on Top) — The Day of Justice: Pajamas Media Baghdad editors Mohammed and Omar Fadhil, of Iraq The Model, write their first impressions after Saddam Hussein's death sentence was delivered.

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CNN:
Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging

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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
L.A. Times Has "Doubts" About Hussein Court's Legitimacy

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Nathan Thornburgh / Time:

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Mike Stark / Comments for Calling All Wingnuts:
First they went after Free Speech... Now it's the Free Press …

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Washington Post:

Democrats, on the Offensive, Could Gain Both Houses — Two days before a bitterly fought midterm election, Democrats have moved into position to recapture the House and have laid siege to the Senate, setting the stage for a dramatic recasting of the power structure in Washington …

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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:

Where Plan A left Ahmad Chalabi — 1. London, August 2006 — Many miles away in a more dangerous place the dream is ending badly. The bodies pile up. Good people stream to the borders. Leaders pile money onto planes. The center is giving way. — The apartment on South Street …

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White House:

Press Gaggle by Tony Snow — MR. SNOW: let me begin just with a couple of details; we will get you the readout on the President's meeting with the family of a fallen sailor in a minute. — As for the First Lady's birthday — President Bush gave Mrs. Bush a triple strand, amber-colored, citrine necklace — don't ask me, I don't know.

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