The Iraqi Government High Tribunal on Nov. 5 found Saddam Hussein guilty of ordering the execution of 148 men in Dujail, Iraq, in 1982, and sentenced him to death, according to a DOD news release. The former Iraqi dictator’s lawyers will have 30 days to appeal. US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, in a statement called the verdict “an important milestone” in Iraq’s effort to build “a free society based on the rule of law.”
President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff touted his highly unusual background for the job as an asset and reaffirmed his commitment to stay apolitical during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 1.