Guardian - The prosecution in Saddam Hussein's trial today demanded the death penalty for the former Iraqi dictator and two of his co-defendants as closing arguments in the eight-month trial began.
Saddam, his half-brother and former intelligence chief, Barzan Ibrahim, and Taha Yassin Ramadan, another former senior regime member, should all be executed, the chief prosecutor, Jaafar al-Moussawi, said.
"They were spreading corruption on earth ... and even the trees were not safe from their oppression," he said, prompting Saddam to mutter a sarcastic: "Well done." |