Iraqi PM hopes for Saddam death sentence soon

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PAR846923.htm

Iraqi PM hopes for Saddam death sentence soon

NAJAF, Iraq, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday he hoped legal proceedings against former president Saddam Hussein would be short and that he would be found guilty and sentenced to death soon.

The Shi'ite prime minister's comments come just one month after his government sacked the chief judge trying Saddam on genocide charges, saying he had sacrificed his neutrality by stating the ousted leader was not a dictator.

That prompted criticism by some international legal rights groups, who have said government pressure and sectarian violence in Iraq make a fair trial of Saddam impossible.

Maliki met Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday in the holy city of Najaf and held a joint news conference afterwards with the powerful Shi'ite cleric who heads the Mehdi Army militia and whose followers are in the government.

[saigon68]

1. KANGAROO COURT

[tularetom]

2. Whoever decided to announce the verdict on Nov. 5

fucked up big time. At least from the standpoint of repubs in the election. If Saddam is sentenced to death, there will be big ass riots all over the Sunni sector of the country, which will remind Amurkin voters how fucked up things are in Iraq. If he is not sentenced to death there will be big ass riots all over the rest of the country with the same result. Hanging this guy will not remind Amurkins how tough bush is on terror, it will remind us how he let bin Laden get away.

[indepat]

3. And if his ass is hanged for war crimes, what's to be done with other war-

crimes personage? Inquiring minds want to know.

[KyndCulture]

4. Bingo!!!

[ck4829]

5. Quickly! Let's execute him and ask no more questions!

[BootinUp]

6. Condi and Boosh called and said hurry up and shoot that rat!

[rodeodance]

7. but it risks more chaos deaths NOV 5. I wonder if they did push this?

[BootinUp]

8. interesting point.

To be honest I hadn't considered that. But it seems Bush never plays the cautious tactician, always the righteous cowboy. Tomorrow at dawn sounds good.