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Middle East divided over Saddam death sentence |
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Written by asap
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Sunday, 05 November 2006 |
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Iran and Kuwait are praising Saddam Hussein's death sentence.
But elsewhere in the Middle East, the reaction is divided, with many saying the U.S. played a role in the decision.
Some Arabs feel that Saddam should have had the freedom to run his country as he saw fit. They pointed to the rise of violence since he was ousted by the U.S.-led invasion in April 2003.
"If Saddam is condemned to death, then they must make it fair and sentence Mr. Bush to death ... and they should send Israel's Ehud Olmert to death too because of what he did in Lebanon. If this is fair, let Saddam go to death," said Amman jeweler Ibrahim Hreish.
Ziad al-Khasawneh, the former head of Saddam's defense team, said the death sentence was expected right from the start of the trial.
"What has taken place in this trial right from the outset until today's verdict is illegal and meant to undermine the legitimate president of Iraq and give legitimacy instead to the U.S. occupation of an Arab country," said al-Khasawneh, a Jordanian who sympathizes with Saddam's now-defunct Baath Party.
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