Saddam verdict date 'rigged' for Bush

[razors edge]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10409222

Sunday November 5, 2006

Saddam Hussein's defence team has urged a delay of his possible death sentence and said the ousted Iraqi leader believed today's expected verdict was timed to boost President George Bush before US mid-term elections.

Saddam's lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi repeated warnings that a death sentence against his client - which would come before Tuesday's US Congressional elections at a time when Bush faces mounting criticism over the Iraq war - would plunge the region into wider bloodshed.

"We have requested at least a two-month adjournment to allow us to complete our presentations in the case in which our defence rights have been violated and in which our clients have been denied full legal defence," he said. US officials deny that Washington has any say over the timing of the verdict or the court's decisions, saying the American role was limited to logistics and security.


"This court is a creature of the US military occupation, and the Iraqi court is just a tool and rubber stamp of the invaders," insisted Dulaimi.

[babylonsister]

1. I suspected this but don't think it will work now. They continue

to assume the majority of Americans are stoopid; that only applies to his base.

[Doctor_J]

5. THis will probably help a little in the hate radio strongholds and

other areas of terminal ignorance. People who are actually literate will shake their heads or laugh.

[Eurobabe]

2. They are now just figuring this out?

Too little too late...and I don't think most people really care about Saddam. They care about the WAR, the troops that are dying, the COSTS, the Economy, the price of gas, etc.

Screw Saddam's verdict. No bounce there.

[jobycom]

3. I doubt anyone seriously believes the timing is a coincidence. Won't help Bush

Or the Republicans. It just makes them look more manipulative, which makes them look less trustworthy.

[Olney Blue]

4. Was there ever any doubt?

[acmavm]

6. Was there any doubt about the verdict or the date it would be

passed?

Did anyone really think he'd be found 'not guilty'? Or that the verdict wouldn't be announced at the very last possible minute to show what tough 'terra warriors' the bush** thugs are?

[razors edge]

7. Not really

But it is interesting that the Aussies have no problem calling a spade a spade, guess they don't have their own Guantanamo set up yet.