Ketiga orang itu dijatuhi hukuman mati karena kejahatan atas kemanusiaan dalam kasus pembunuhan 148 warga sipil Syiah asal Dujail, sebelah utara Baghdad, setelah usaha pembunuhan yang gagal terhadap Saddam pada 1982.
All three were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in the killing of 148 Shiite civilians from Dujail, north of Baghdad, following an abortive 1982 assassination attempt against the then president.