Ramadan had maintained his innocence, saying his duties were limited to economic affairs, not security issues. BAGHDAD — The US-backed Iraqi government decided to mark the fourth anniversary of the Anglo-American invasion on Tuesday, March 20, by hanging former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan.
"Ramadan was hanged at 3:05 am (0005 GMT) today", Bassem Ridha, a senior advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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Ramadan's son, Ahmed, denounced the execution.
"It was not an execution. It was a political assassination", he told Al-Jazeera news channel by phone from the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (MORE)
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UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INDEPENDENT EXPERT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT DEATH SENTENCE ON FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ
16 March 2007
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/5008376DDBD41AEBC12572A000727C14?opendocument
War Traumatizes Iraqis
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Four Years and Four Millennia in Iraq’s Elusive National Quest
by Rami G. Khouri
http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=1217
"Ramadan was hanged at 3:05 am (0005 GMT) today", Bassem Ridha, a senior advisor to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was quoted as saying by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
…
Ramadan's son, Ahmed, denounced the execution.
"It was not an execution. It was a political assassination", he told Al-Jazeera news channel by phone from the Yemeni capital Sanaa. (MORE)
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1173695112463&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
Please also see:
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INDEPENDENT EXPERT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT DEATH SENTENCE ON FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ
16 March 2007
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/5008376DDBD41AEBC12572A000727C14?opendocument
War Traumatizes Iraqis
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1173695147491&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout
Four Years and Four Millennia in Iraq’s Elusive National Quest
by Rami G. Khouri
http://www.agenceglobal.com/Article.asp?Id=1217