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October 26, 2010

Tariq Aziz Sentenced to Death in Iraq
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An Iraqi court has sentenced former foreign minister Tariq Aziz to death
for his role in war crimes committed when he was a top aide to Saddam
Hussein. The charges against Aziz are related to a crackdown on an
uprising led by Shia Muslim parties in the early 1990s. For years, Tariq
Aziz was the public face of the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein.



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