<p><br /> One of Saddam Hussein's most prominent deputies, Tareq Aziz, has been sentenced to death.<br /> </p><p><br /> Iraq's high tribunal passed the judgement over the persecution of Islamic parties.<br /> </p><p><br /> The death sentence is the first to be handed to Aziz.<br /> </p><p><br /> He was the face of Saddam's government in foreign capitals and at the United Nations.<br /> </p><p><br /> He became more widely recognised at the time of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and the 1991 Gulf War when he was foreign minister.<br /> </p>
