Saddam, 2 Others Found Guilty of War Crimes, Sentenced to Death; Clashes Break Out in Baghdad
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yells at the court as the verdict is delivered during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, Sunday Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq's High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentence him to die by Hanging.
BAGHDAD, Iraq Nov 5, 2006 (AP) Saddam Hussein and two other men were convicted and sentenced Sunday to death by hanging for war crimes in the 1982 killings of 148 people in the town of Dujail, as the former leader, trembling, shouted God is great!
After the verdict was read, Saddam yelled out, Long live the people and death to their enemies. Long live the glorious nation, and death to its enemies!
Clashes immediately broke out in north Baghdad's heavily Sunni Azamiyah district.
Saddam initially refused the chief judges order to rise two bailiffs lifted the ousted ruler to his feet and he remained standing through the sentencing.
Before the hearing began, one of Saddams lawyers, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, was ejected from the courtroom after handing the judge a memorandum in which he called the trial a travesty.
Chief Judge Raouf Abdul-Rahman pointed to Clark and said in English, Get out.
