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Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007
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Statement on the Death of Former President Saddam Hussein of Iraq,
December 29, 2006
Today Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial—the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.
Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people’s resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people’s determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.
Saddam Hussein’s execution comes at the end of a difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops. Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq’s course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself and be an ally in the war on terror.
We are reminded today of how far the Iraqi people have come since the end of Saddam Hussein’s rule and that the progress they have made would not have been possible without the continued service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.
Many difficult choices and further sacrifices lie ahead. Yet the safety and security of the American people require that we not relent in ensuring that Iraq’s young democracy continues to progress.
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Chicago: George W. Bush, "Statement on the Death of Former President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, December 29, 2006," Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007), 43:1 Original Sources, accessed May 19, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D4BTXUG7S9WZMP6.
MLA: Bush, George W. "Statement on the Death of Former President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, December 29, 2006." Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007), 43:1, Original Sources. 19 May. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D4BTXUG7S9WZMP6.
Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Statement on the Death of Former President Saddam Hussein of Iraq, December 29, 2006' in Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 5, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007), 43:1. Original Sources, retrieved 19 May 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=D4BTXUG7S9WZMP6.
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