Saddam's Trial a Day of Joy for Victim's Sister in Israel

(Jerusalem Post) Orly Halpern - Tens of thousands of joyous Iraqis crowded Baghdad's Liberation Square 37 years ago to watch Haviva Hanuka's brother, Naim, being hanged. He and 13 others - 9 of them Jewish - had been found guilty of treason and spying for Israel and the U.S. On Wednesday, Hanuka watched the man who put her brother to death as he sat in a cage, facing the death penalty for mass murder. "It's as if he is now on trial for my brother's murder," she said.


2005-10-21 00:00:00

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