Banshees Scream 110 Posted December 11, 2007 Even with hunger strikes, heart attacks, and imprisonment Tariq Aziz is still not good enough to make my list next year. I've realized that anybody in prison usually has an overrated status 'Ronnie Biggs -Jack Kevorkian -Edgar Ray Killen ex' but next year that will all change for me when Taiwan's Shih Ming-Teh and Serbia's Zdravko Tolimir die of lung cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
halleluyahjohntudor 5 Posted December 11, 2007 he should be dangling from the end of a rope like his former colleagues Surely, judging by the Saddam exhibition, you mean 'spurting'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 29, 2008 Trial starts. Time to study form ahead of the poolofdeath, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrunoBrimley 86 Posted May 3, 2008 Wouldn;'t put too much hope in Mike going any time soon. His trial has now been delayed since Chemical Ali is missing-------- Thursday, 01 May 2008, 04:56 EDT Tareq Aziz trial adjourned until May 20 .Tareq Aziz went on trial on charges of executing 42 businessmen in 1992. Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz went on trial on charges of executing 42 businessmen in 1992. The judge adjourned the trial, citing the absence of the eighth co-accused, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali". Tareq Aziz, the international face of hanged Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's regime, went on trial on Tuesday on charges of executing 42 Baghdad businessmen in 1992 that could see him sentenced to death. Dressed in a brown suit and using a walking stick, Aziz joined six other defendants in court for the opening of the trial, which had been delayed for several hours. The eighth defendant, Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as Chemical Ali, is already on death row after being convicted of genocide for his part in the killing of tens of thousands of Kurdish civilians in the late 1980s. He was not in court, with presiding judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman, himself a Kurd, declaring that Majid had submitted a medical certificate saying he was unwell. Soon after proceedings began, Aziz demanded a new lawyer, saying his counsel "Badie Aref was unable to attend due to security reasons." The judge later adjourned the trial until May 20. According to Iraqi law, if Aziz is found guilty he could be sentenced to life imprisonment or even death by hanging. Aziz's son Ziad insists his father is innocent. He has described the evidence as weak and aimed at preventing his father from benefiting from an amnesty law which stipulates that anyone held for a year without being referred for trial should be released. Since he surrendered to US forces in April 2003, "my father has been in prison for five years... without being charged, tried or investigated," Ziad said. Aziz, Chemical Ali and Saddam's half-brother, Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan, are the most high profile of the eight defendants. Judge Abdel Rahman is the man who sentenced Saddam to death in 2006 for his role in the killing of 148 Shiite civilians from Dujail after an assassination attempt against him in the town in 1982. Saddam was hanged on December 30, 2006. His cohorts Taha Yassin Ramadan, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Ahmed al-Bandar met the same fate after being convicted over the Dujail killings. He was born in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul to a Chaldean Catholic family. He changed his given name, Michael Yuhanna, to Tareq Aziz to allay any Arab nationalist hostility to his Christian background. In December 2006, his son said Aziz had suffered a heart attack in custody. The other defendants include Sabbawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, chief of public security from 1991 to 1995 and Mizban Khudier Hadi, a former Revolutionary Command Council member. Rounding out the group are Saddam's secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud, former finance minister Ahmed Hussein Khudier and former central bank governor Essam Rasheed Khuwaish. Aziz trial adjourned Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted March 11, 2009 15 years for Tariq, death sentences for a couple of Saddam's half brothers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted January 17, 2010 Tariq Aziz has suffered a "severe stroke". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 18, 2010 Tariq Aziz has suffered a "severe stroke". Just an idea, like......him and Ariel Sharon on Wife Swap......it'd promote international understanding. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted October 26, 2010 Another niggly health problem for Aziz to worry about - he's been sentenced to death. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert Trautmann 58 Posted October 26, 2010 Would this guy count on the DDP? Would he get a mention in the UK press? I'd imagine he'd get a mention, I'm not sure he's eligible...? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted October 26, 2010 Would this guy count on the DDP? Would he get a mention in the UK press? I'd imagine he'd get a mention, I'm not sure he's eligible...? If he cops it before execution yes If he's executed no He'll easily get a mention in the UK press... Definite Deathlist candidate, unless the committee have their own position on executions... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted November 17, 2010 He might be spared or he might die of natural causes before they get round to it. The DL committee could have its cake and eat it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted November 17, 2010 Iraq's current premier is a socialist who refuses to sign any death warrant, even that of Saddam Hussein. Saddam was signed off because a deputy put his scribble on the dotted line. However, the slow-grind of government formation out there at present means they may well have no deputies appointed before the time in which his warrant can be signed expires. Someone on PM on Radio Four tonight suggested that period was a month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
angryGreatness 96 Posted December 6, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/05/world/meast/iraq-aziz-execution/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Tariq Aziz, the last big member of Saddam Hussein's government, has been given a death sentence and will be executed next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 6, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 Tariq Aziz, the last big member of Saddam Hussein's government, has been given a death sentence and will be executed next year. Remember folks, he's been sentenced, so the only way he could qualify for points is if he died of causes other than being publicly executed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted December 7, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 Tariq Aziz, the last big member of Saddam Hussein's government, has been given a death sentence and will be executed next year. Remember folks, he's been sentenced, so the only way he could qualify for points is if he died of causes other than being publicly executed... Time to drag this old arguement in again. As he was only sentenced today/yesterday. The poolers that have him wouldn't have known if he was going to be given the swinging sentence. (they obviously thought he might have been) So, wouldn't the people that have him on their list now (for this year) be given points? Obviously no points would be awarded for his death in 2012. Curious! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 7, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2....html?hpt=hp_t1 Tariq Aziz, the last big member of Saddam Hussein's government, has been given a death sentence and will be executed next year. Remember folks, he's been sentenced, so the only way he could qualify for points is if he died of causes other than being publicly executed... Time to drag this old arguement in again. As he was only sentenced today/yesterday. The poolers that have him wouldn't have known if he was going to be given the swinging sentence. (they obviously thought he might have been) So, wouldn't the people that have him on their list now (for this year) be given points? Obviously no points would be awarded for his death in 2012. Curious! According to the article, he was sentenced in October 2010... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) OK, but poolers wouldn't have known that last year when they were making up their list. Sorry, my brain is obviously a year behind. I withdraw my last comment. Edited December 7, 2011 by Paul Bearer For not reading the post properly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted December 7, 2011 Just remembered something..........Isn't there something in place that doesn't allow executions (hangings) if you're over 70? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted December 7, 2011 Just remembered something..........Isn't there something in place that doesn't allow executions (hangings) if you're over 70? That's why they supposedly rushed Saddam's execution in December 2006. He would have turned 70 in April 2007. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
our Sydney 11 Posted December 7, 2011 Hi I feel it would be a great injustice if they did hang him, to me he seemed to be a voice of stability and reason in an otherwise bonkers ragime. I just think it would be wrong. . . oh well I hope for the best but suspect US vindictivness will damn him anyway. Best regards Syd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted December 7, 2011 Hi I feel it would be a great injustice if they did hang him, to me he seemed to be a voice of stability and reason in an otherwise bonkers ragime. I just think it would be wrong. . . oh well I hope for the best but suspect US vindictivness will damn him anyway. Best regards Syd It actually seems more likely that the US influence is keeping him alive. Articles stated that he was to be executed "after the American's leave Iraq". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
our Sydney 11 Posted December 7, 2011 Hi Windy I would like to think you were right, I think though the US are just trying to ensure they don't end up with another disgusting spectical on their hands like they had with his former bos. Don't get me wrong I think ending Sadam's life was a good decision, just there are ways to do things that don't leave you looking like the promotors of a bear baiting. I think the US want him dead as he knows too much about deals done over the years I just think they want "clean" hands. . . If they wanted to keep him alive they would ensure he was in a jail in another country. Best regards Syd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted December 7, 2011 He's a christian too, which might cause a bit of a rumpus if he were to get hanged... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sympathyforthedevil 11 Posted December 7, 2011 He's a christian too, which might cause a bit of a rumpus if he were to get hanged... Nail him up I say! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted December 23, 2011 Hi I feel it would be a great injustice if they did hang him, to me he seemed to be a voice of stability and reason in an otherwise bonkers ragime. I just think it would be wrong. . . oh well I hope for the best but suspect US vindictivness will damn him anyway. Best regards Syd It actually seems more likely that the US influence is keeping him alive. Articles stated that he was to be executed "after the American's leave Iraq". He's on a hunger strike too, so there's still a chance he might die from that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
