Death for Saddam may spark a bloodbath

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Iraq is bracing itself for an onslaught of violence tomorrow, when Saddam Hussein is expected to be sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

The Iraqi Government is considering a curfew for Baghdad and other areas as it seeks to stave off a potential bloodbath, an adviser to the Prime Minister told The Times.

Saddam, his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Taha Yassin Ramadan, his Vice President, and Awad alBandhar, a revolutionary court judge, face possible death sentences for the execution of 148 Shia villagers from the town of Dujail after a failed 1982 assassination attempt on the former Iraqi leader. Four others face lighter sentences.

Saddam is likely to win the right to appeal against any death sentence.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2437432,00.html

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1. The Iraqis can handle it. Cheney and Rummy said so.

Besides, they've got a gummint in place.

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2. Yeah a curfew'll work..

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