Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, dies in Iraqi prison at 79

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: BBC



Tariq Aziz, known as the face of Saddam Hussein's regime on the world stage for many years, has died in an Iraqi prison, officials say.

Aziz, 79, served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister and was a close adviser to the former leader.

He was sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court in 2010 for the persecution of religious parties under Saddam's rule but was never executed.

He surrendered to US troops in 2003 shortly after the fall of Baghdad.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33021771

[eissa]

1. Good riddance

And this is coming from a member of his community.

[Laughing Mirror]

2. And who is that potentate sitting with him in front of the fire?

Ah, the good ole days.

[47of74]

3. Looks like one of the worst Presidents ever.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. gassing of the Kurds took place while Ronnie was president

in 1988, and Reagan's White House took no issue with it, went on calling Saddam an ally, and even helped spread the false story that Iran was behind the attack.


(Nadriyeh Mohammed Fattah, 15-year-old victim of Ronnie's pals)

It wasn't until three years later, when Saddam invaded the country of another US-backed dictator, the emir of Kuwait, that the GOP changed their minds, started pretending to care about human rights, realized "he gassed his own people" and declared him the new Hitler.

and let's not forget that the Baathist army the GOP built up in the 80s eventually became ISIS.

[sofa king]

7. As Ted Koppel once said,

"We know they have weapons of mass destruction--we still have the receipts."

[Reter]

5. Aww, he was the most sane of that bunch, and even a Christian

He should not have went to prison for the rest of his life. RIP.

[yurbud]

6. I give this a rec just for the photo