Jalal Talabani wouldn't support death penalty for Tariq Aziz
(NEWSER) - Iraqi president Jalal Talabani did something incredibly brave last week: He announced that he would not sign the death warrant for Tariq Aziz, who is, in Christopher Hitchens’ opinion, “one of Iraq’s worst enemies.” In a column for Slate , Hitchens reveals some little-known “appalling facts” about Saddam’s old lieutenant—like the fact that he bribed inspectors, or promised to “turn off” his country’s support for terrorism in exchange for sanction relief. Yet Hitchens praises Talabani’s courage in commuting his sentence. More»
