Iraq And Its Future

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<b>Indian parties slam Saddam’s hanging </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Former external affairs minister Natwar Singh condemned Saddam's execution and said the Prime Minister should condemn it too. "Saddam should have been spared and given life imprisonment. This will arouse a lot of violence and call for an adverse reaction from the Islamic world for decades," he said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The execution being carried out in presence of US war troops has worsened situation. This will result in a civil war now," CPI leader D Raja said.

"We had earlier opposed to his execution. We always maintained that the whole trial was absurd. India had hoped to demand a moral right for Saddam. Our Government should get up and condemn this execution. India should not succumb to any pressure on account of foreign policy matter," he added.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Najma Heptulla, Former Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha told CNN-IBN that it is the Iraqi people who must decide whether the execution has been right or not.

<b>"I knew him (Saddam Hussein) and had met him many times on various occasions. Iraqi people should decide now whether his execution has been right or wrong. I have not lived under his regime,"</b> she said.
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<b> "To die on a holy day is good, but certainly not to be killed on a holy day," said Najma Heptulla</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->