Saddam wins big! (And human rights take a thumping)- Saddam Hussein might have been the first leader to be held accountable for genocide. Instead, he'll go down as a martyr to neocolonialism.
by Joshua Holland
December 28, 2006. Under "Iraqi law*," Saddam Hussein must hang before January 27 for ordering the deaths of 148 people in the town of Dujail in 1982. CBS reports that the execution will be recorded, but it's not clear if the tape will be broadcast.
As I've written before, the trial was a joke -- an utter sham. And while Saddam Hussein, the decrepit old man, doesn't deserve much in the way of sympathy, the fact that the Bushies -- in order to score domestic political points -- threw away an opportunity to bring to justice Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq who ordered the gassing of as many as 30,000 Kurds, will go down as one of the great tragedies in a war that's been replete with them. Saddam couldn't have hoped for a better end than a swift death after an illegitimate trial by Western occupiers, or a better legacy than that which will result from it. |
Last Updated: Friday, December 29, 2006 | 12:20 AM ET
CBC News Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could be executed as early as this weekend, according to some reports.
Iraq's highest court on Tuesday rejected Saddam's appeal against his conviction and death sentence for the killing of 148 Shias in the northern city of Dujail in 1982. The court said the former president should be hanged within 30 days. Comment: Hmmm. That's quite a difference of interpretation over the law: within 30 days vs after a lapse of 30 days....
Not that it is Saddam who will be going to his death. For more on that story see The Capture, Trial and Conviction of Saddam Hussein - Another US Intelligence Farce. |
By LAUREN FRAYER
Associated Press 29 Dec 06 BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein's half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be transferred to Iraqi custody.
The former president is being held at Camp Cropper, an American military prison where he is expected to remain until the day of his execution, at which point he is to be transferred to Iraqi authorities. On Tuesday, an Iraqi appeals court upheld Saddam's death sentence for the killing of 148 people who were detained after an attempt to assassinate him in the northern Iraqi city of Dujail in 1982. The court said the former president should be hanged within 30 days. "Nothing and nobody can abrogate the ruling," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in comments released by his office Friday. "Our respect for human rights requires us to execute him, and there will be no review or delay in carrying out the sentence," Al-Maliki said. Comment: George Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, et al, need to pay close attention to the precedent they are setting for the handling of War Criminals and those who commit Genocide. They should remember the story of Haman...
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www.chinaview.cn 2006-12-29 16:37:29
BAGHDAD, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Department of Justice Friday denied reports saying that U.S. has transferred ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the Iraqi authorities, pan-Arabic television al-Jazeera reported.
Officials from Justice Ministry said that the news report about the transfer of Saddam is untrue, adding that Saddam is still in custody of Americans now. |
CBS/AP
Dec. 29, 2006 Saddam Hussein remained in American custody Friday morning, pending his handover to Iraqi authorities for execution, his chief defense attorney and a top Iraqi official said.
The lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi, said American officials had called him and asked him to authorize someone to receive Saddam's personal belongings from the U.S. military prison where the ousted Iraqi leader is being held. Al-Dulaimi said he had not yet done that. But he said, "This call means that they will hand him to the Iraqi authorities soon." |
By Mariam Karouny
Reuters 29 Dec 06 BAGHDAD - Senior Iraqi officials on Friday dismissed suggestions from Washington that they would hang
Saddam Hussein this weekend and said some in cabinet were pushing for the execution to be put off for a month or more. But Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who has called for the ousted president put to death this year for killing and oppressing Shi'ites, said there would be "no review or delay" in the sentence following this week's failure of Saddam's appeal. And a defense lawyer said he thought Saddam might well die on Saturday after lawyers were told to collect his belongings. |
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