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Tariq Aziz gets death penalty
A Baghdad judge has sentenced Tariq Aziz, Iran’s foreign minister under Saddam Hussein, to death. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with New York Times correspondent John Burns, who spent time with Aziz before the invasion. Burns describes Aziz as a sycophant.
A Baghdad judge has sentenced Tariq Aziz, Iran’s foreign minister under Saddam Hussein, to death. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with New York Times correspondent John Burns, who spent time with Aziz before the 2003 invasion of Iraq by coalition forces. Burns describes Aziz as a sycophant.