Saddam Hussein Sentenced and His Reaction

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging today for his role in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims in the northern Iraqi village of Dujail following an attempt on his life there in 1982.

Saddam shouted slogans as he heard his sentence. He was also dissapointed because he was sentenced to hang instead of being shot by a firing squad.

Ramsey Clark, former United States Attorney General and part of Saddam's defence team, was promptly ejected from the trial of Saddam Hussein after passing the Iraqi judge a note claiming that the trial was a travesty.