Humane Bravery

Iraq's president, Jalal Talabani, opposes to the death penalty for Tariq Aziz, one of Iraq's worst enemies.

By Christopher Hitchens

"When I wrote a recent call for the commutation of the death sentence against Tariq Aziz, I was privately hoping that the president of Iraq would intervene, as he has done before, to say that he would decline to sign his name to the death warrant."
Read More (Slate)

Don't Hang Tariq Aziz

The death sentence for Saddam's henchman threatens Iraq's exceedingly fragile democracy.
By Christopher Hitchens

"The decision of the Iraqi war crimes tribunal to sentence Tariq Aziz to death is one that needs to be vigorously opposed for several reasons." 

Read More (Slate)