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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has said he is ready to die as a "sacrifice" for Iraq, urging his countrymen to unite against enemies.
In a letter written from his prison cell, Saddam Hussein said his death would make him a "true martyr".
The former leader could be hanged on any day over the next four weeks, after an appeal against his execution failed.
The sentence is for killings in the town of Dujail in the 1980s. A trial for a second case continues.
"I sacrifice myself. If God wills it, he will place me among the true men and martyrs," the former leader wrote in the letter.
~//Saddam Hussein is on trial separately in connection with a military campaign against Kurdish communities in the 1980s.
However, under Iraqi law, he must be executed regardless of the second trial.
~//But the time and location of the hanging has not been made public.
~//Appeals Court judge Arif Shaheen told reporters in Baghdad the execution date could not "exceed 30 days".
"As from [Wednesday] the sentence could be carried out at any time," he said, adding that there could be no further appeal and the sentence could not be commuted.
-BBC
In a letter written from his prison cell, Saddam Hussein said his death would make him a "true martyr".
The former leader could be hanged on any day over the next four weeks, after an appeal against his execution failed.
The sentence is for killings in the town of Dujail in the 1980s. A trial for a second case continues.
"I sacrifice myself. If God wills it, he will place me among the true men and martyrs," the former leader wrote in the letter.
~//Saddam Hussein is on trial separately in connection with a military campaign against Kurdish communities in the 1980s.
However, under Iraqi law, he must be executed regardless of the second trial.
~//But the time and location of the hanging has not been made public.
~//Appeals Court judge Arif Shaheen told reporters in Baghdad the execution date could not "exceed 30 days".
"As from [Wednesday] the sentence could be carried out at any time," he said, adding that there could be no further appeal and the sentence could not be commuted.
-BBC
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