"Civil War may follow Sadam Verdict" UK Times

[Quixote1818]

Verdict due in Saddam trial over executions
From Ned Parker in Baghdad
IRAQ is bracing itself for another surge of violence tomorrow, when Saddam Hussein is expected to be sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, told The Times that the central provinces of Baghdad, Diyala and Salahaddin would be placed under curfew. “There are more security measures under consideration,” he added.

Saddam, his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Taha Yassin Ramadan, his VicePresident, and Awad al-Bandhar, a judge, face possible death sentences for the execution of 148 Shia villagers from the town of Dujail after a failed 1982 assassination attempt on the then Iraqi leader. Four others face lighter sentences. Saddam is likely to win the right to appeal against any death sentence.

The trial, which started a year ago, aimed to heal Iraq’s wounds after Saddam and his Baath party’s 35-year regime. Instead, it has become a symbol of Iraq’s divisions, between the long-oppressed Shia majority, who now rule the country, and Saddam’s Sunnis. Clashes between them tomorrow could push Iraq over the edge.

More here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2436987,00.html

[niallmac]

1. Follow? Try 'precede.'

[Infinite Hope]

2. And that will undo the Surprise...

That negative news, plus the realization that voters are being taken for granted.

[Quixote1818]

3. Yep, every trick they thought would deliver is turning against them now. nt

[jannyk]

4. And now that we know that the Ba'athists kidnapped our GI

this whole thing is going to go so badly.

Surely KKKarl could not have thought that all this would be 'good' for tepugs? If so, he's completely lost it.

[jeff30997]

5. I told it again and again!

That scumbag should have been tried in Netherlands.

[osaMABUSh]

6. Wouldn't be suprised is the verdict is postponed

since KKKarl may have realized this could be bad news not good as the violence will go totally off the charts

[Quixote1818]

7. Karl is looking less and less smart these days.

:dunce: