he was the highest ranking christian in sadam's regem. he served as deputy prime minister as well as foreign minister of iraq. he was 79 years old. claire williams tells us more. >> he made himself world-famous by defending saddam hussein for decades. saddam aziz was the only christian in the dictator's inner circle. he spoke fluent english and became the regime's international face. born into a catholic family in 1936, he joined sadam's political party in 1957. sadam took charge of iraq 22 years later, and aziz served as his foreign minister his prime minister and on his revolutionary command council. aziz was instrumental in restoring the ill-fated diplomatic relations with the u.s. in the mid eights. in the early 2,000s, he became iraq as front man in dealing with weapons inspectors. aziz was the ace of spades in the deck of cards used to identify the most want supporters of sadam. aziz was arrested and jailed when baghdad fell in april of 2003. seven years later, the iraqi supreme court sentenced him to death. he had been found guilty