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"Saddam condemned to death."

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6117910.stm[/URL]

Surely that makes us and the international community as bad as him?

(Aside from the formality of a trial)

Sibelius wrote:
> When's the execution - and more importantly, will it be live on
> TV?!
>
> Seriously though, "guilty of crimes against humanity".
> Fair enough.
>
> "A crime against humanity is a term in international law
> that refers to acts of persecution or any large scale atrocities
> against a body of people." - Makes me ponder who else should
> go on trial..

Bush, Blair...

Saddam is now more than a war criminal. He is a martyr.

i think he deserves it, what he did was just wrong!

Hedfix wrote:
>
> Surely that makes us and the international community as bad as
> him?
>

Exactly what I was thinking. This is really just a formality, the ulterior motive behind the invasion has long been known, but the benefits of oil deposits there are slowly bwing depleted as the war costs rise and rise. Twisted fate you could say.

These are just double standards anyway. Sentenced to death forkilling a couple hundred Iraqis, if that was the case worldwide most of our world leaders would be executed.

Death is the easy ay out. He should be put in some form of hard labour camp.

When's the execution - and more importantly, will it be live on TV?!

Seriously though, "guilty of crimes against humanity". Fair enough.

"A crime against humanity is a term in international law that refers to acts of persecution or any large scale atrocities against a body of people." - Makes me ponder who else should go on trial..

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6117910.stm[/URL]

Surely that makes us and the international community as bad as him?

(Aside from the formality of a trial)