Awad Hamed al-Bandar

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Awad Hamad al-Bandar (Arabic: عواد حمد بندر السعدون‎; aka: Awad Hamad Bandar Alsa'doon) (January 2, 1945 - January 15, 2007) was an Iraqi chief judge under Saddam Hussein's presidency. He was the head of the Revolutionary Court which issued death sentences against 143 Dujail residents, in the aftermath of the failed assassination attempt on the president on July 8, 1982 (a year before the U.S. assumed diplomatic ties with Hussein to help thwart their common enemy: Iran). At the Al-Dujail trial the Iraqi Special Tribunal tried Awad for crimes against humanity for issuing the death sentences. On November 5, 2006, Awad was sentenced to death by hanging along with co-defendants Saddam Hussein and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, who was beheaded as a result of the hanging [1]

[edit] Execution

The sentence was widely expected to be carried out on December 30, 2006, shortly before 6:00 AM Iraqi local time. Saddam was indeed hanged at 6:05 AM Iraqi local time (0305 UTC). Initially, Barzan and Awad were also believed to have been hanged with him.[2] A few hours later, official statements clarified that the executions of Awad and his remaining co-defendant had been postponed to give special significance to the day that Saddam was executed.[3] The United States claimed that they did not have the logistics (helicopters) to fly the remaining two to the place of execution; the Iraqi government later said that they did not have time.

On January 3, 2007, an Iraqi government official told the Associated Press that preparations were under way to hang Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim, a former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court on Thursday January 4, 2007.[4] Both were hanged before dawn on January 15, 2007.[5] They were pronounced dead at 3:05 AM (0005 UTC). Bandar's legal counsel was not allowed to attend. Saddam and his cousin al-Tikriti were also not allowed to have their lawyer present when they were executed.

Awad Hamed's defence counsel comprised:

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jomana Karadsheh (2006-11-05). "Dujail case: Saddam gets death", IBNLive.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-16. 
  2. ^ "Saddam Hussein Executed by Hanging in Iraq", FOXNews.com (2006-12-29). Retrieved on 2007-01-16. 
  3. ^ "Hussein executed with 'fear in his face'", CNN.com (2006-12-30). Retrieved on 2007-01-16. 
  4. ^ "Reports: Hussein's co-defendants to be hanged Thursday", CNN.com (2007-01-03). Retrieved on 2007-01-16. 
  5. ^ "Report: Hussein's half-brother, other co-defendant hanged", CNN.com (2007-01-15). Retrieved on 2007-01-16. 

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