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An Iraqi government newspaper said Saturday that toppled President Saddam Hussein
was expected to be sentenced and executed within weeks.
The government-financed al-Sabah daily quoted unidentified sources close to
a special court hearing Saddam's case that the verdict will be issued in the
next three weeks against the former leader and his top former aides.
The sources said they expected the first death penalty against the former regime
officials to be handed to Saddam after the special court convicts him on 12
charges of crimes against humanity.
The court last week completed its questioning of Saddam over his role in the
alleged killing of 150 residents from al-Dujail by the security forces of his
regime after a foiled assassination attempt against Saddam in the area in 1992.
