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Iraqi PM furious that he can't execute prisoners

Toronto News.Net
Sunday 11th November, 2007

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accused the U.S government of thwarting attempts to execute former members of Saddam Hussein's government.

He says his Government is being forced to violate the Iraqi constitution by failing to execute the men on time.

In September a court upheld the death sentences against Saddam's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majeed, former defence minister Sultan Hashem, and a former army commander, Hussein Rashid Muhammad, for their roles in the genocide of Iraq's Kurds in 1988.

Under Iraq's constitution the sentences should have been carried out within 30 days.

Mr Maliki said the U.S embassy had prevented the handover of the three prisoners, but the embassy says Iraq can receive the prisoners from custody only if it receives an authoritative order from the Iraqi government.

The nature of the order has caused a row between Mr Maliki's Shiite-led Government, President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and Sunni Arab Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi.

Mr Talabani and Mr Hashemi say each of them should sign the order but Mr Maliki disagrees, suggesting he alone should do it.

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Anonymous
11-11-07, 11:50 PM

Iraqi PM furious that he can't execute prisoners

saddams associates has to die.as long as they are alive they will keep telling saddams business with bush’s father and his associates.these people will help to uncover the dirty faces of yankee libeartors

Anonymous
11-12-07, 02:35 AM

Justice cries being bashed by injustice

Eric Blair
11-12-07, 07:12 AM

Constitutions?

We don' need no stinking Constitutions!

melmack
11-12-07, 09:02 AM

Sammy, you always raise interesting points and this time I just so happen to agree with a couple of them. I really think that the international community is voluntarily hibernating out of fear. I never agreed with this invasion and really would like to see U.S. troops come home. This story just goes to show you that the Iraqi government has no power. The police can’t even write speeding tickets with out the U.S approval. I don’t think that the death penalty should bve abolished. Child molesters, murderers, rapist, and corrupt politicians should all get equal chance in the gas chamber.

Anonymous
11-12-07, 10:48 AM

Bit old fashioned. Hang em high.

Anonymous
11-12-07, 10:49 AM

The US promised safety to any of saddams people who surrendered, so they must not give the prisoners to the Iraqi government for hanging.

Anonymous
11-12-07, 05:10 PM

ints not illegal invasion and we dont need the ICC. The ICC cant do anything to the US, I wish you could understand that Sammy, Please get it thru you thick skull that the ICC is nothing period...................they have no control over the US.

Anonymous
11-12-07, 05:13 PM

Sammy, youre so full of shit!!!! youre an ignorant person and you always make stupid posts. Anyone can see youre so ignorant...................

Anonymous
11-12-07, 05:14 PM

Sammy, go play with your stupid cat, maybe he is better educated than you..

Sammy
11-12-07, 01:51 AM

ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY, AND JOIN THE CIVIL SOCIETIES OF THIS PLANET

The illegal invadors want to hide the proof and real proof.

This whole Iraq scenario should have been taken to the ICC, to bring out the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, to this illegal invasion, the real reasons behind it, the economic benefits, and the corruption, and who is benefitting from it.

But since we are living in a world of anarchy and the powerful are the ones that dictate, the rule of law is not working temporarely, International laws are being abused and there is no interest to inforce them by the hibernating international community.

And due to their hibernating, many, many, innocents are being killed each day to satisfy the lust for money for people who represent corrupted societies, who think that they control the world with their wealth and fire-power, by keeping an atmosphere of fear and tension upon the world population to benefit their economic interests.

Sammy

Sammy
11-12-07, 12:54 PM

Each to his own opinion, but it is important the right of freedom of expression

melmack
11-12-07, 09:02 AM

You know this is what makes the world go around, because each of us has his views, and it is very important to express them freely, and through expression of our free thoughts and ideas we can accomplish a lot of understanding between different cultures, and at times we can find our selves to be wrong and correct our ways, or on the otherhand we can convey to others that they are wrong — — This is the beauty of communicating with others, but unfortunately some countries do not permit their people to communicate because they want them kept in the dark.

Sammy

Mor
11-12-07, 01:10 PM

Bottom line is kids, no matter how long it takes to eject the u.s. from iraq, freekies government will fall. u.s. is doing him a favor.


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