Saddam's top diplomat Tariq Aziz to be executed next year

December 06, 2011 11:26

Tariq Aziz, who served as Iraq's top diplomat under Saddam Hussein, will be executed next year, after US forces have pulled out of the country, an adviser to Iraq's prime minister told CNN.

"It will definitely take place, and it will take place after the Americans leave Iraq," said the adviser, Saad Yousif al-Muttalibi, about Aziz, who served as foreign minister.

Aziz was the face of the Saddam Hussein government. Read more

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