Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi (Arabic: طه ياسين رمضان الجزراوي; 20 February 1938 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi military officer and politician who served as the vice president of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 and the commander of the Popular Army. Taha Yassin Ramadan, former vicepresident of Iraq, was executed by hanging for his involvement in the 1982 killing of 148 Iraqis in Dujail. Ramadans execution occurred at 3:05 AM, marking him as the third aide of Saddam Hussein to face death since the USled invasion. Former Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan has been hanged on the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion which overthrew Saddam Hussein. The execution happened before dawn at a Iraq's High Tribunal has sentenced Saddam Hussein's former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan to be hanged. He was tried alongside the former Iraqi leader over the killing of 148 Shias in the Taha Yassin Ramadan, who served as Saddam's vice president, was hanged for his role in the torture and killing of 148 Shiites in the early 1980s. The Iraqi government requested Monday night BAGHDAD, March 20 — The former vice president of Iraq, Taha Yassin Ramadan, was hanged shortly before dawn today, the prime minister’s office said. He was the highest-ranking person from Iraqi officials say the former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan has been hanged. The former deputy of Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death for his part in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslim villagers in the 1980s. BAGHDAD — The former vice president of Iraq, Taha Yassin Ramadan, was hanged shortly before dawn Tuesday, the prime minister's office said. He was the highest-ranking person from Saddam Saddam Hussein's former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged early Tuesday for crimes against humanity. His execution comes on the fourth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Mr. Ramadan was executed at 3:05 a.m. for his role in the killing of 148 Shiites in 1982. He was upset and fearful as he was led to the gallows, said Bassam Ridha, the adviser to the prime Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi (Arabic: طه ياسين رمضان الجزراوي; 20 February 1938 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi military officer and politician, who served as one of the three vice presidents of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 and the commander of the Popular Army. On this date, 20 March 2007, Saddam Hussein’s vice-president, Taha Yassin Ramadan was executed by hanging in Baghdad, Iraq. I will post information about him from Wikipedia and many news sources before giving a proposed Death Penalty Law known as, ‘T.Y.R Law’. On this date in 2007, Saddam Hussein‘s former Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged for helping conduct the 1982 Dujail Massacre of Shia Iraqis in revenge for an assassination plot against Saddam. Pushing 70, the Kurd was a longtime pillar of the Iraqi Ba’ath party and had served in a variety of posts since it took power in 1968. The former vice president of Iraq, Taha Yassin Ramadan, has gone to the gallows for his role in the killing of 148 Shiites in Dujail in 1982. Unlike the executions of Saddam Hussein and his half Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi (Arabic: طه ياسين رمضان الجزراوي; 20 February 1938 – 20 March 2007) was an Iraqi politician and militia commander, who served as one of the three vice presidents of Iraq from March 1991 to the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003. In addition, the court sent the case of one man, Taha Yassin Ramadan, back to the tribunal, saying his life sentence was too lenient “compared to the crimes that were committed.” 13 February 2007Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, issued the statement that follows today. Mr. Alston is an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council. Taha Yaseen Ramadan was a long-time ally of Saddam Hussein and Vice-President of Iraq at the time of the United States-led invasion in 2003; he was captured by American forces in 2004 and, in 2005-2006, tried before the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT), alongside Saddam Hussein. Iraqi Vice President, his full name was Taha Yasin Ramadan Al-Jizrawi. He served as the Vice President of Iraq under former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from March 1991 until the fall of Hussein's government in April of 2003. He began his military and political career when he joined the Ba'ath Party in 1956. A
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