Saddam Hussein was found guilty this morning of the 1982 killings of 148 Shiites in Dujail in response to an assasination attempt on the deposed dictator. The Iraqi criminal court of crimes against humanity sentenced Saddam to hang until dead. Saddam has the right to appeal but he must be executed within 30 days if the appellate court upholds the verdict (according to an Iraqi judicial source). Upon hearing the sentence, Saddam shook the Koran and wagged his finger at the judge as he exclaimed, "Allahu Akbar (Allah is great!) Long live the nation!"
President Bush stated, "Saddam Hussein's trial is a milestone in the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law: It is a major achievement for Iraq's young democracy and its constitutional government." Abbas Khalaf, Sadam loyalist and former Iraqi ambassador to Russia, said that the court proceedings were "a purely political trial." Vitaya Visetrat, a Thai academic and Islamic expert opined, "The hanging of Saddam Hussein will turn to hell for the Americans."
Cf. http://www.bangkokpost.net/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=114012; http://www.bangkokpost.net/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=114014; and http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13550448,00.html.
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Of course, Ramsey Clark (Jimmy Carter's Liberal buddy), disagreed with the trial with the rest of the terrorists. Had he been around during the Nuremburg Trials, I'm sure he and Hermann Goering would have been chummy too.
Maybe, Clark and Clinton can collaborate on a book about Yankee imperialism: the NYT would love to have that book at the top of their best seller list.
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