Tariq Aziz, the former foreign minister under Saddam Hussein’s administration, was sentenced to death by hanging by Iraq’s highest criminal court. Aziz, 74, participated in a campaign that hunted and executed members of a Shiite religious party….
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Saddam’s Foreign Minister to Be Hanged
Tariq Aziz, for many years the international face of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, is sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
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Tariq Aziz is sentenced to death
Tariq Aziz, one of the best-known faces of the Iraqi government from 1981 to 2003, was sentenced to death Tuesday by the Iraqi High Tribunal court for his role in eliminating religious parties during Saddam Hussein’s regime, Iraq’s State Television reported.
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Iraqi court sentences Tariq Aziz to death
Removing Saddam Hussein from power was the right move, but the United States made mistakes in the aftermath, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told CNN on Friday.
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Rice: Mistakes were made in Iraq
Iraq raises its proven oil reserves by 24%, overtaking Iran, in its first revision since Saddam Hussein fell from power.
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Iraq revises oil reserves up 24%
Seven years since the invasion to remove Saddam Hussein from power, US combat operations in Iraq are coming to an end.
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How US involvement changed Iraq
