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　　Iraq court says Saddam

　　should hang within 30 days

　　An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld Saddam Hussein‘s death sentence for crimes against humanity and said he should hang within 30 days.

　　Human rights groups condemned his trial as seriously flawed and called on the government not to carry out the sentence， which comes amid raging violence between Saddams’fellow Sunni Arabs and majority Shi’ites.The White House called the court’s decision a“milestone”in replacing tyranny with rule of law.

　　Sunni Arab leaders said the ruling was politically motivated by former enemies of Saddam now in power in the U.S.-backed Shi’ite-led national unity government.

　　伊拉克上诉法院称萨达姆

　　应在30天内被执行绞刑

　　一所伊拉克上诉法院周二宣布，维持对萨达姆·侯赛因反人类罪行的死刑判决，并表示他应在30天之内被执行绞刑。

　　这一判决结果的公布正值萨达姆所属的逊尼派和占伊拉克人口大多数的什叶派之间爆发激烈冲突之时。人权组织指责说，对他的审判漏洞百出，并呼吁政府不要执行这一判决。白宫将这一判决称为以法治取代暴政路上的一座“里程碑”。

　　逊尼派领导人说，判决是带有政治动机的，其幕后是萨达姆以前的敌人，他们现在在美国撑腰的什叶派领导的民族团结政府中掌权。▲

　　关键词：milestone:里程碑

　　(本栏目供稿：肖 爽)