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I wouldn't worry, time won't be long he'll suffer the same fate.
The US aiding Iraq in the war against Iran is old news 
Wasn't until Saddam invaded Kuwait, which has a big supply of oil, and wanted to cut production to raise prices and pay off his big war debt that he became "evil" in the eyes of American politicians...
http://www.cjr.org/archives.asp?url=/93/2/iraqgate.asp
Wasn't until Saddam invaded Kuwait, which has a big supply of oil, and wanted to cut production to raise prices and pay off his big war debt that he became "evil" in the eyes of American politicians...
http://www.cjr.org/archives.asp?url=/93/2/iraqgate.asp
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Got this from wincoast.com
Robert Scheer: Silencing Saddam
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061229_saddam_hussein_executed/
Posted on Dec 29, 2006
By Robert Scheer
It is a very frightening precedent that the United States can invade a country on false pretenses, depose its leader and summarily execute him without an international trial or appeals process. This is about vengeance, not justice, for if it were the latter the existing international norms would have been observed. The trial should have been overseen by the World Court, in a country that could have guaranteed the safety of defense lawyers, who, in this case, were killed or otherwise intimidated.
The irony here is that the crimes for which Saddam Hussein was convicted occurred before the United States, in the form of Donald Rumsfeld, embraced him. Those crimes were well known to have occurred 15 months before Rumsfeld visited Iraq to usher in an alliance between the United States and Saddam to defeat Iran.
Related Truthdig Reports
Robert Scheer on Saddam’s Conviction
Juan Cole on Saddam’s Trial
The fact is that Saddam Hussein knew a great deal about the United States’ role in Iraq, including deals made with Bush’s father. This rush to execute him had the feel of a gangster silencing the key witness to a crime.
At Nuremberg in the wake of World War II the U.S. set the bar very high by declaring that even the Nazis, who had committed the most heinous of crimes, should have a fair trial. The U.S. and allies insisted on this not to serve those charged, but to educate the public through a believable accounting. In the case of Saddam, the bar was lowered to the mud, with the proceedings turned into a political circus reminiscent of Stalin’s show trials.
Iraqi state television
Iraqi state television broadcasted footage of Saddam’s hanging.
*Link to video of execution removed to comply with MT's PG13 rating* Lisa Deneka MT Super Moderator
Robert Scheer: Silencing Saddam
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20061229_saddam_hussein_executed/
Posted on Dec 29, 2006
By Robert Scheer
It is a very frightening precedent that the United States can invade a country on false pretenses, depose its leader and summarily execute him without an international trial or appeals process. This is about vengeance, not justice, for if it were the latter the existing international norms would have been observed. The trial should have been overseen by the World Court, in a country that could have guaranteed the safety of defense lawyers, who, in this case, were killed or otherwise intimidated.
The irony here is that the crimes for which Saddam Hussein was convicted occurred before the United States, in the form of Donald Rumsfeld, embraced him. Those crimes were well known to have occurred 15 months before Rumsfeld visited Iraq to usher in an alliance between the United States and Saddam to defeat Iran.
Related Truthdig Reports
Robert Scheer on Saddam’s Conviction
Juan Cole on Saddam’s Trial
The fact is that Saddam Hussein knew a great deal about the United States’ role in Iraq, including deals made with Bush’s father. This rush to execute him had the feel of a gangster silencing the key witness to a crime.
At Nuremberg in the wake of World War II the U.S. set the bar very high by declaring that even the Nazis, who had committed the most heinous of crimes, should have a fair trial. The U.S. and allies insisted on this not to serve those charged, but to educate the public through a believable accounting. In the case of Saddam, the bar was lowered to the mud, with the proceedings turned into a political circus reminiscent of Stalin’s show trials.
Iraqi state television
Iraqi state television broadcasted footage of Saddam’s hanging.
*Link to video of execution removed to comply with MT's PG13 rating* Lisa Deneka MT Super Moderator
