The 1969 Baghdad hangings in Iraq led to significant international criticism, with United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers condemning Iraq's actions as "repugnant to the conscience of the world" but by contrast, the Soviet Union's official radio called the executions "fully justified".
The 1969 Baghdad hangings in Iraq led to significant international criticism, with United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers condemning Iraq's actions as "repugnant to the conscience of the world" but by contrast, the Soviet Union's official radio called the executions "fully justified".