Iraqi Government running fast to execute Saddam quickly – why are they afraid of due process?
Balaji Reddy
Dec. 27, 2006

They got the verdict. They perhaps know their days are numbered. They like to take the revenge as fast as they can – just in case. But some international think tanks are asking – why are these leaders of Iraq who can hardly come out ever from their safety net of guards, so eager to execute Saddam without care for due process? According to media reports, Iraq prepared on Wednesday for the rapid execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein, with the United States-backed government eager to bring his chapter in the country's bloody history to an end.

Justice Minister Hashem al-Shibli said the sentence for crimes against humanity - upheld by am Iraqi appeal court on Tuesday — would be sent to the presidency for approval while the prison service prepares to hang him.

The process will get underway rapidly, he said, but the formality of executing the ousted dictator could be delayed by the onset of the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday, which is due to start at the end of the week.

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