The Australian wrote:
Russia warns on Saddam hanging
From correspondents in Moscow
November 06, 2006
MOSCOW has warned of "catastrophic consequences" in Iraq if former president Saddam Hussein is hanged, but expressed scepticism today that the death penalty would be carried out.
If the execution took place “there would be catastrophic consequences for Iraq, which is already on the verge of breaking up”, Konstantin Kosachev, president of the parliamentary commission for foreign affairs, said on Moscow Echo radio.
“It is unlikely the death penalty will be applied,” he said. “It's rather a decision of moral principle”.
“It is obvious that condemning him to death will only further divide Iraqi society. The Sunnis will not recognise this sentence,” he said.
Saddam Hussein was today sentenced to death by hanging for ordering the massacre of 148 Shiite residents of the village of Dujail in the 1980s.
I dont know what the russians are up to....But please dont turn this into a flame war.
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