Brown assails execution of Hussein
From Times Wire Reports
The likely successor to British Prime Minister Tony Blair condemned Saddam Hussein’s execution as deplorable.
Treasury chief Gordon Brown said he opposed the death penalty and “now that we know the full picture of what happened, we can sum this up as a deplorable set of events.”
Brown’s denunciation contrasted with Blair’s silence on the issue. Blair faces increasing pressure to share his views on the execution of the former Iraqi leader and has said he will speak about it this week.
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