Saddam Hussein sentenced to death

From the BBC Saddam has now been sentenced to death by hanging... He was defensive when the sentence was laid out and they are now saying he will be hanged in the next 2 days... "edit"Actually he has 30 days to respond, so not sure what the time scales will be..

Looks like it's getting very mixed reactions as expected across Iraq, there was one report that in minutes of the verdict a machine gun battle broke out in a Sunni township in North Baghdad....

I can imagine there will be repercussions from the sentencing...!

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court and sentenced to death by hanging.

He was found guilty over his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982.

His co-defendant former judge Awad Hamed al-Bander was also sentenced to death. Former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan got life in jail.

Three others received 15 year prison terms, another official was acquitted.