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Iraq
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The death sentence handed down on Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein on 5 November may bring comfort to many Iraqis who suffered under Baathist rule, but it is unlikely to have any significant material impact in forging consensus between the country's disparate sects - which was once the ostensible aim of the trial. Indeed, the verdict may serve to aggravate existing tensions between Sunni and Shiite Iraqis. While ardent support for Saddam is largely confined to the northern Sunni dominated areas near Baghdad, the wider Sunni community will view the verdict as a further sign of how far the country