Saddam may face death penalty

[AlGore-08.com]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3573972&thesection=news&thesubsection=world

LONDON - Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could face the death penalty if he is convicted of war crimes, says the head of the Iraqi tribunal that will try him.

Salem Chalabi told the BBC's Breakfast with Frost programme that Saddam could be executed if Iraq's interim Government lifts a suspension on the death penalty after assuming power next week.

The United States administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, has suspended the death penalty.

"The statute of the tribunal says that for anybody convicted of the ... crime of murder or rape, they get what Iraqi law prescribes," Chalabi said.

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[Enraged_Ape]

1. Dead men tell no tales.

[Timefortruth]

2. You beat me to it.

There will be no public trial.


I have another thought, wouldn't it be a riot if the Iraqi people Democratically elected him so we could do this all over again?

[Q3JR4]

3. Wouldn't that be a

kick?

[gWbush is Mabus]

4. ok, but only if bush cheney and rumsfeld get tried for war crimes too

[Eurobabe]

6. now THAT's a trifecta, eh?

[daleo]

5. I don't know about Saddam

But I suspect both Chalabi Sr. and his nephew Salem have also had death sentences passed against them, by one shadowy group or another.

[thebigidea]

7. um, why is a Chalabi crony still allowed on the premises?

Speaking of, we're not hearing much from Ahmed these days... hmmm...

[Trajan]

8. WTF is up with Chalabi participation ? ..

THOSE assholes should have been tossed out of the country by now ...

A fucking Kangaroo Court lead by Perle's personal poodle ...

We can ONLY HOPE that somehow, someway, the story about WHO gave Saddam WMD's, and WHO helped Saddam USE those WMD's will be revealed to the world ...

Fat Chance of THAT if Chalabi is involved ....

Oh what a wicked web they weave .....

[Mace]

9. but if we kill him

We won't know where the WMD's are.

[Coventina]

10. Why make him a martyr?

Let him slowly rot his life away in prison.

Much more effective punishment, IMHO.