World Reacts To Saddam Verdict

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/05/iraq/main2153578.shtml

(CBS/AP) In a world sharply divided on Iraq since the U.S.-led war began in 2003, Saddam Hussein's death sentence Sunday unleashed fears of fresh violence and new questions about the fairness and impartiality of the tribunal that ordered him to hang.

Underscoring the fault lines that split the international community and widened the divide between Muslims and Christians, Islamic leaders warned that the verdict could inflame those who revile the United States — undermining U.S. policy in the volatile Middle East and inspiring terrorists to strike.

"The hanging of Saddam Hussein will turn to hell for the Americans," said Vitaya Wisethrat, a respected Muslim cleric in Thailand, where a bloody Islamic insurgency is raging in the country's south.

"The Saddam case is not a Muslim problem but the problem of America and its domestic politics," he said. "The Americans are about to vote in a midterm election, so maybe Bush will use this case to tell the voters that Saddam is dead and that the Americans are safe. But actually the American people will be in more danger with the death of Saddam."

FULL story at link above.

[Phredicles]

1. As questionable as this trial has been from an international law

point of view, it's hard for me to see how much worse it could make things in Iraq. Not that I care to see what "worse" would look like...

[jwirr]

2. I think that the real problem lies in the fact that it is not just Iraq that

will object to this hanging. This man is an Arab not just a past Iraqi leader.

[Frustratedlady]

3. It could mean reprisals or retaliation in the U.S.

Payback time would be about the only thing that would satisfy them.

[rocktivity]

4. World reaction:

:boring:
rocknation