Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, opposes to the death penalty for Tariq Aziz, one of Iraq's worst enemies.
By Christopher Hitchens
"When I wrote a recent call for the commutation of the death sentence against Tariq Aziz, I was privately hoping that the president of Iraq would intervene, as he has done before, to say that he would decline to sign his name to the death warrant."
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News flash: Talabani has a well-deserved reputation as being a totally crooked politicians in Kurdistan. See even Jerry Weinberger's piece in the Weekly Standard.
@Mark G: You already made your comment on slate, so skulk back to hitchenswatch and stay there, asshat.
Fuck you, dipshit. I can go wherever I want.
Be kind to Mark G (aka "Dim"). He once told his students in Kurdistan that John O'Hara's "Appointment In Samara" is the best American novel about Iraq.
@Mark G
u mad bro?
No. He's Dim.
You already made your comment on slate
Decent posting monitor.
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