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BAGHDAD — Lawyers for Tariq Aziz, the longtime international face of Saddam Hussein’s regime, said Monday they will seek a presidential pardon to spare him from execution.
It is a risky legal move, considering Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has granted few, if any, pardons in his more than five-year tenure. It comes amid pleas from the Vatican and several anti-death-penalty nations in Europe for amnesty for Aziz, the only Christian in Hussein’s inner circle.
