Saddam's Trial may be Televised

[Bernardo de La Paz]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4338646.stm

The chief judge in the trial of Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein has said he hopes the proceedings - due to start next week - will be televised.

Raed Juhi said the trial will be openly reported, though security fears mean the public will be barred from court.

Whether Saddam Hussein faces the death penalty if convicted "will be decided at the last minute," the judge said.

[LiberalVoice]

1. That should make for some good reality TV. nt

[rooboy]

2. What on earth will Fox do if a blonde girl goes missing?? n/t

[joemurphy]

3. Great! Maybe we can get Nancy Grace to handle the

real meaning of the Arabic sidebars for the American viewers.

I can hardle wait for all the high drama. We haven't had a good trial since Michael Jackson. I'm sure it will once again be American television journalism at its finest!

[johnnypneumatic]

4. doesn't Saddam know a lot of damning information about the US

how the cia put him in power , and how we supplied him with the wmd in the first place? I would think * wouldn't want him to even testify, more likely he should be found a "suicide" in his cell before the trial

[NYC Liberal]

5. Saddam will be "suicided" before this trial ends.

Mark my words. The US will NOT allow him to spill the juicy details of the Reagan years. Nope.

Watch for an "insurgent attack" on his prison.

[daleo]

6. They will decide the punishment at the last minute

That sounds like a you-know-what court. Hint - it hops and lives in Australia.