Top Saddam Ally Tariq Aziz Sentenced To Death

by Kelly McEvers, NPR

One of Saddam Hussein's top lieutenants has been sentenced to death for persecuting Iraqi Shiites. Tariq Aziz, who gave himself up to American forces shortly after the 2003 invasion, was Iraq's longtime foreign minister and deputy prime minister, and Saddam's chief envoy to the international community.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, October 26, 2010