Tariq Aziz, Iraq's foreign minister under Saddam, sentenced to hang

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

BAGHDAD -- The international face of Saddam Hussein's regime, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by hanging Tuesday for persecuting Shiites just over three months after the Americans transferred him to Iraqi government custody.

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