Saddam Hussein, 69, was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in ordering the deaths of 148 Shia residents of Dujail, north of Baghdad, after an assassination attempt in 1982.
An appeal is due to begin immediately and deliberations are expected to last one month although no date has been set to announce the final decision.
If the nine-judge appeals panel upholds the verdict, Saddam Hussein will be hanged within 30 days of its ruling.
President Bush calls it, “a major achievement for Iraq’s young democracy and its constitutional government.”
In Iraq, some are celebrating it and some are protesting….
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