Saddam appeals Iraqi death sentence
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Lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals on Sunday, the Iraqi prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some rights experts as unfair and fundamentally flawed.
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An appeal case against a life sentence handed to Ethiopia&#39;s former dictator Mengistu Haile Marian opened here Tuesday with prosecutors seeking a harsher sentence.
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Iraq's leaders grappled Thursday over the death sentences for three former Saddam Hussein regime heavyweights Â including the notorious enforcer known as "Chemical Ali" Â amid warnings the hangings could enflame sectarian violence and derail efforts at reconciliation.
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein  appealed to Iraqis from his prison cell to unite against what  he called U.S. efforts to sow sectarian divisions, his lawyers  said on Sunday.
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CAIRO, Egypt - Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said in an interview published Monday that a "depressed and broken in spirit" Saddam Hussein had appealed to him for mercy, saying his regime had meant no harm during the years it was in power.    Allawi also told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that he's been the target of four assassination attempts since becoming leader of Iraq - the most recent just five days ago - but he insisted his homeland's chaos would be controlled...
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TIKRIT, Iraq  - Black-painted graffiti lauding Saddam Hussein appeared overnight in his home town and small groups of mourners turned out at his grave on Sunday, the first anniversary of the former Iraqi leader's execution.
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An Iraqi court on Monday raised the sentence against Saddam Hussein's vice president to death by hanging for the killings of Shiites in the town of Dujail.
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A former U.S. Army private charged with taking part in the gang rape of an Iraqi girl and murdering her and her family should be sentenced to die if he is found guilty, U.S. government prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Baghdad&#39;s most notorious prisoner, Saddam Hussein, does not have much to do most days. His one court appearance in 10 months has come and gone.
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The Iraqi government is split over whether to enforce the death sentence on Chemical Ali and two others.
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A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a death row inmate convicted of killing three men 26 years ago.
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An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced to death Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq's ethnic Kurds in the 1980s.
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The genocide trial of the former Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, resumes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday and fed with a tube on the 17th day of a hunger strike to ensure he was healthy enough to continue with his trial, the chief prosecutor said. The procedure came as the ex-leader's troubled trial nears a verdict that could lead to his hanging.
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Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi urged an Iraqi court Monday to speed up proceedings against toppled leader Saddam Hussein and his close aides.
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BAGHDAD -- On trial facing genocide charges, Saddam Hussein used his courtroom time yesterday to urge Iraqis to resist forces he said were trying to divide the country.
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The family of a British hostage threatened with execution in Iraq made a desperate appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to meet kidnappers' demands and save his life.