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Saddam's deputy Ramadan executed
Saddam Hussain's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was executed on Tuesday, Ramadan's son was quoted as saying by Al Jazeera television.
- Agencies
- Published: 00:00 March 20, 2007
- Image Credit: Reuters
- Iraq's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan speaks during the final arguments for his trial in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in this July 27, 2006 file photo.
Baghdad: Saddam Hussain's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan has been executed.
Ramadan's son Ahmad tolf Al Jazeera television that his father would be buried in the area of the Iraqi city of Tikrit near Saddam's burial place.
An Iraqi court had sentenced Ramadan to death for crimes against humanity.
Ramadan is the third senior aide of Saddam Hussain to be hanged since the former dictator was executed on December 30.
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