Prosecutors ask death sentence for Saddam

Iraqi prosecutors asked a judge to sentence Saddam to death for his role in the killings of 148 villagers in Dujail.

Iraqi prosecutors on Monday asked a judge to sentence Saddam Hussein to death for his role in the killings of 148 villagers after a 1982 assassination attempt in the village of Dujail.

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Prosecutors also asked for the death penalty for Saddam's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and for former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan during closing statements in their trial on charges of crimes against humanity.