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Blair opposes Hussein's death penalty
8/11/2006 10:17

Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday former President Saddam Hussein's trial had reminded the world of Hussein's brutal rule, but that he opposed the death penalty for the disposed dictator.

Asked about Saddam's sentence at his monthly press conference, Blair noted that Britain opposed the death penalty, "whether it's Saddam or anyone else."

But he said the trial "gives us a chance to see again what the past in Iraq was, the brutality, the tyranny, the hundreds of thousands of people he killed, the wars."



Xinhua/Agencies