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Facing death, Saddam looks to martyrdom
Saddam Hussain, due to be hanged within 30 days, said in a letter made public yesterday that his execution would be a sacrifice for his country and called on Iraqis to unite and fight US forces.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:00 December 28, 2006
- Image Credit: EPA
- Saddam Hussain, due to be hanged within 30 days.
Baghdad: Saddam Hussain, due to be hanged within 30 days, said in a letter made public yesterday that his execution would be a sacrifice for his country and called on Iraqis to unite and fight US forces.
"Here I offer myself in sacrifice. If God almighty wishes, it [my soul] will take me where He orders to be with the martyrs," Saddam said in the hand-written letter written shortly after being sentenced to death, obtained from his defence lawyers.
"If my soul goes down this path [of martyrdom] it will face God in serenity," he wrote.
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