Monday, March 26, 2007
Tikrit may turn into 'shrine' for all Baathists
Politics, Security
(Gulf News) Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussain and senior leaders of the Arab Baath Party, is expecting to receive the bodies of more Iraqi leaders who are on trial in the Anfal case, the city's deputy governor said. Tikrit was chosen to be a burial place for former Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was executed last week. According to high-level sources in the Iraqi government, all of the former leaders who are on trial in the Anfal case are being recommended for burial next to Saddam.
Hussain Al Assadi, a prominent figure in the Shiite Islamic Revolution Supreme Council, told Gulf News: "The government is committing a gross mistake by allowing Saddam and his colleagues to be buried together in neighbouring graves, it will soon turn into a shrine for all Baathists. It would be better to bury them in unknown and secret places."
Hussain Al Assadi, a prominent figure in the Shiite Islamic Revolution Supreme Council, told Gulf News: "The government is committing a gross mistake by allowing Saddam and his colleagues to be buried together in neighbouring graves, it will soon turn into a shrine for all Baathists. It would be better to bury them in unknown and secret places."
Labels: Baathists, Saddam Hussein, Tikrit
