'Saddam Hussein’s former vice-president has been hanged for crimes against humanity. Ramadan was the third of Saddam's high-ranking aides to be hanged.
'Taha Yassin Ramadan was convicted of issuing orders for the detention, torture and killing of 148 Shias from the town of Dujail after an attempt on Saddam’s life there in 1982.
'He was originally sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killings of the men, women and children, for which the former Iraqi leader was executed in December, but an appeals court recommended he receive the death penalty. In the early hours of this morning the 69-year-old became the third high-ranking aide of Saddam to go to the gallows.' (Telegraph article).
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