Saddam Sentenced to Death

Here are the papers on the Saddam Hussein death verdict:

In the Washington Post:

• King Sneer: Saddam Hussein Keeps Up the Drama, Right Into the Final Act, by Philip Kennicott;
• Reactions to Verdict Reflect Shifts in Iraqis' Fortunes, by Sudarsan Raghavan and Salih Dehema; and
• Bush Applauds Hussein Verdict, by Peter Baker.

In the New York Times:

• Hussein Is Sentenced to Death by Hanging; by John F. Burns and Kirk Semple;
• Bush Trumpets Iraq Verdict to Rally Support, by Adam Nagourney and Jim Rutenberg;
• Mideast Expected the Verdict but Doubts Whether It’s Fair, by Hassan M. Fattah;
• In Iraq, Shiite Joy and a Boost for Prime Minister, by Sabrina Tavernise;
• In a Divided Iraq, Reaction to Saddam Death Sentence Conforms to Sectarian Lines, also by Sabrina Tavernise; and
• Hussein Trial Was Flawed but Reasonably Fair, and Verdict Was Justified, Legal Experts Say, by Julia Preston.

In the L.A. Times:

• Verdict Stirs Fury, Praise, Among Iraqis, by Louise Roug;
• In Dujayl, relief at last for a family of victims; by Ken Ellingwood and Ibraheem Dujayli; and
• An angry hometown crowd, also by Louise Roug.

Today's Bloomberg wire report:

• Iraqi Shiites, Kurds Rejoice on Verdict; Sunnis Mourn.

From Reuters:

• IRAQ: Hear Our Voices – Saddam faces death, but victims' suffering continues;
• Iraq starts to lift curfew after Saddam verdict, by Alastair Macdonald; and
• Europeans urge Iraq not to execute Saddam, from IRIN.