Tariq Aziz Sentenced to 10 Years Over Fourth Set of Iraq Charges
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The Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad sentenced Saddam Hussein’s deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz, to 10 years in prison for his role in the regime’s crimes against Kurds, state-sponsored al-Iraqiyah television reported.
At least three co-defendants received the death penalty during today’s sentencing for participating in the “liquidation and displacement” of Shiite Muslim Faili Kurds from 1980 to 1988, al-Iraqiyah said. Charges against Hussein’s half-brothers, Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan and Watban Ibrahim, were dropped.