Washington, DC: Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Homeland Security Committee and Dean of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, released the following statement after the execution of Iraq's former dictator, Saddam Hussein.

"Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who the Iraqi people have now, with our help, brought to justice.  Ironically, he has been one of the few Iraqis to date who has benefited directly from the re-introduction of democratic principles to his country -- he received a fair trial in open court using due process -- process he denied to his own people during his tyrannical tenure. We all now pray that the New Year will allow Iraq to finally turn away from the violence that his tyrannical rules foisted upon his own people and his neighbors."

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December 30, 2006

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