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So conspiracy theories push all your touchy-feely buttons.BULLSHIT - PART DEUXThat is not how the trial went. I followed the trial every day on the news.Bullshit.
1- Saddam was a Sunni ; he was tried entirely by shiites
2- NBC News requested the ACTUAL TRIAL TRANSCRIPTS they were REFUSED - what you provided are BULLSHIT SUMMARIES
3- Cimes against humanity are tried in the ICJ at the Hague;
4- War Criminal Bush II wanted to silence Saddam so he ordered him summarily executed without the benefit of a fair trial.
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Showtrial in Baghdad
by Eric Margolis
Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad has become a circus. The presiding judge refuses to return to court, and defense lawyers have been murdered.
What to make of this spectacle? Emotionally, it's good to see the tyrant who terrorized so many on trial for his life. But morally and legally, Saddam's trial is a travesty of justice. This is an old-fashioned Soviet-style show trial set up by U.S. occupation authorities.
Its goal is not to determine Saddam's guilt or innocence, but to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq — which, by the way, was a blatant violation of international law.
The court lacks any legal basis, being created by the puppet regime installed by the U.S. after the invasion.
Saddam has no proper legal defense. Witnesses remain secret and beyond cross-examination. Defense witnesses risk murder by Shia hit squads.
Pre-trial publicity — the vast propaganda campaign by the U.S. to demonize Saddam — and Iraqi TV programs (controlled by U.S. authorities) about Saddam's alleged crimes, would trigger a mistrial in any proper legal system.
In short, a kangaroo court, designed to find Saddam guilty and probably order his execution.
Showtrial in Baghdad by Eric Margolis
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