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end of the year. Aziz served as the country's foreign minister and, as its most
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after the americans leave iraq. " Aziz's execution would be highly controversial
and could escalate political and sectarian tensions amid what critics say is an
overly zealous campaign by prime minister nouri al-Maliki, a shia muslim, to
crack down of the remaining elements of saddam's baathist supporters, most of
whom are sunnis. But al-Maliki's chief spokesman told fox news that there has
been"No decision to carry out the death sentence"Due to disagreements between
the president's office, which signs death warrants, and the prime minister's
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said.Withdrawal, as he was sentenced to death some years ago. " Aziz, who is 75
and in poor health, surrendered to coalition troops shortly after the april 2003
invasion.He was eventually committed to 15 years in jail for crimes against
humanity and then separately handed a death sentence by a top tribunal
for"Persecution of islamic parties" --One member of whom was al-Maliki.
Al-Muttaib is one of the lesser known among al-Maliki's scores of advisers, and
wider reaction to his comments have been largely received with surprise and
skepticism. Before aziz's execution can take place, it still has to be broadly
accepted among iraq's highly factionalized politicians, who are split along
deeply drawn sectarian and ethnic lines. That acceptance, in iraq's current
environment, is a formidable task.It would be difficult for the sunnis, as
expected, to claim that by association his death was further evidence of
al-Mailki's persecution of their bloc, but with escalating political violence
underscoring the chasm of difference between the shia-Led government and its
opponents, the intractable nature of some rivals is enough to spark further
conflict. While the level of violence is a tenth of what it was at the height of
the war, months of rising sectarian tensions here have reached a new peak, with
at least 28 people killed on monday in attacks on pilgrims observing ashura, the
revered period of mourning for the shia.