SpareTariq Aziz

Tariq Aziz is known as the international face of Saddam Hussein's regime. In the first place, the legality of the war in iraq has been called to question for had Saddam not lost the war Tariq would not have been declared a criminal by Iraq. Secondly, Saddam Hussein has paid the ultimate price for attrocities commited during his reign and this should be sufficient for closure and reconcilliation in Iraq. In this respect, taking another life will tantamount to State savagery and will serve no useful purpose other than revenge by the incumbent regime. The state execution of Saddam should be enough as penalty for the wrongdoings of the the regime as a whole and further state executions should be halted. I call on the Iraqi Government to spare the life of Tariq Aziz. He has already been sentenced to 22 years in jail and this should be enough as a lesson to the frail old man The USA was wrong to have repartriated Tariq Aziz. He ought to have been given political asyllum judging by the peaceful manner he gave himself up to USA.