Saddam's ex-deputy hanged in Iraq
Found on Ananova on Monday, 19 March 2007
Saddam Hussein's former deputy has been hanged for the killings of 148 Shias in 1982, an official with the Iraqi prime minister's office said.
Taha Yassin Ramadan was Saddam's vice president when the regime was ousted four years ago.
Along with Saddam himself, Ramadan is the fourth man to be executed over the killings of 148 Shias following a 1982 assassination attempt against the former leader in the city of Dujail.
As if death penalty can solve anything.