And about time, too
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alpharaposaHamza Hendawi, Canadian Press
Published: Sunday, November 05, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"
Full article.
I realize justice takes time, and such a trial wouldn't and shouldn't be rushed. Still, he and his co-defendants get an auto-appeal anyway, as if Saddam was just another gangster who'd shot up a rival gang, and not the sort of guy who ordered gas attacks on large segments of his own country.
One of the things that gets to me- I had a hard time finding an article that actually said what the verdict was. Top of the Google list was a bunch of articles about how the Bush Administration was cynically using the verdict as a midterm boost. Really. Who's being cynical here? The guys pointing out that justice is being done, or the ones who haven't covered the trial at all for a year or more?
My own cynicism notes that the articles lean heavy on doom-saying about how the verdict might be delayed (it wasn't, it seems), and how the military is going to have its hands full with violence in response (probably so in some cities, but that's part of the job right now). Even in the article itself telling us readers about the verdict, the writer can't help but supply some helpful analysis. *sigh*
Published: Sunday, November 05, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!"
Full article.
I realize justice takes time, and such a trial wouldn't and shouldn't be rushed. Still, he and his co-defendants get an auto-appeal anyway, as if Saddam was just another gangster who'd shot up a rival gang, and not the sort of guy who ordered gas attacks on large segments of his own country.
One of the things that gets to me- I had a hard time finding an article that actually said what the verdict was. Top of the Google list was a bunch of articles about how the Bush Administration was cynically using the verdict as a midterm boost. Really. Who's being cynical here? The guys pointing out that justice is being done, or the ones who haven't covered the trial at all for a year or more?
My own cynicism notes that the articles lean heavy on doom-saying about how the verdict might be delayed (it wasn't, it seems), and how the military is going to have its hands full with violence in response (probably so in some cities, but that's part of the job right now). Even in the article itself telling us readers about the verdict, the writer can't help but supply some helpful analysis. *sigh*
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Date: 2006-11-06 05:02 am (UTC)