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Iraq Announced Hussein Sentencing Before Verdict Was Complete

HeadlineNov 07, 2006

More questions are being raised over the timing of Saddam Hussein’s sentencing just two days before the U.S. mid-term election. NBC News is reporting the U.S.-funded Iraqi High Tribunal went ahead with the sentencing even though the verdict was not yet completed. On Sunday the presiding judge did not read the actual verdict and reporters still have not received copies.

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