http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10080580.html
Published: 11/07/2006 12:00 AM (UAE) Execution ethically wrong, say Europeans Reuters Paris: Italy and France yesterday urged Iraq not to execute Saddam Hussain, saying it would be ethically wrong and would risk pushing the country towards civil war. "In the dramatic, difficult situation in Iraq, the execution of Saddam could push the country towards a real civil war," Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema told reporters after meeting his French counterpart Philippe Douste-Blazy in Paris. "This is the reason for the appeal we are sending to the Iraqi authorities that the sentence should not be carried out," he said. Douste-Blazy said France and the European Union were opposed to the death penalty and wanted to see it abolished worldwide. "So for purely ethical reasons, Saddam should not suffer the death penalty," he said. "But above all, you also have to think that the situation in Iraq is excessively worrying and we are on the brink of civil war." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
