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UK insists it will boycott trial if Saddam faces death penalty

Britain's near-total support for the United States' policy in Iraq is about to break down over the question of whether Saddam Hussein and other senior members of the Baath party should face execution.

Last week, the Foreign Office slipped out a warning that the UK will boycott the upcoming trial of Saddam if there is any risk of the former dictator being put to death.

The Government's legal advisers are also grappling with the intractable legal dilemma of what to do with former high-ranking officials now held in British-run jails.

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