saddam hussain question?
956334
He was tried, found guilty, convicted and sentenced in an IRAQI court under IRAQI law!
303048
Actually, Saddam seized power all by himself, locking up and in some cases executing members of his own party in order to declare himself dictator.  The US did not do that; Saddam did, and the Iraqi people let him.  Get your facts straight.\n\nIraq before Saddam was already a bit of a basket-case.  The regional and sectarian splits that we see today were definitely around back then.  If Saddam had not seized power, somebody else might have.  The government was pretty corrupt, like most in that part of the world.  Iraq had joined other Arab states in attacking Israel, so it is likely that a Saddam-less Iraq would have continued in its hostility to Israel, possibly supporting terrorist groups like its neighbors Iran and Syria.  It is difficult to say how exactly things might have turned out, but there is no good reason to believe that it would be much different.
919750
Nope.  Under Saddam the utility system worked, there were no roving gangs of thugs, and there were not Al Qaeda insurgents wandering the land.  Since the invasion 600,000 Iraqis have died.  Saddam was a bad guy, but the price of the invasion has been very high for Iraqis.
526424
saddam hussain is a great patriot. but you know all dictators have their own ambitions and weaknes, which make them unpopular.once a powerful ruler had to dig his own grave to save from *"AMBUSH".BUT BETTER THAN MOST OF INDIAN POLITICIANS. WHO AIMS ONLY POWERFUL PROFITABLE CHAIR FOR LIFE.\n* AMERICAN BUSH
1162776
Saddam by far - not even close
148751
8pm on saturday night, it went till 2:45am kn sunday\n\n(and yes, I realise its a question about the ousted Iraqi leadership of which Saddam was head)
955694
John, You ask serious questions and you deserve serious answers -- even though they may not be what you want to hear.\n\nThe tribunal that convicted Saddam was not set up by the Americans, it was set up by the Iraqis themselves under provision of extant Iraqi law.\n\nTo group the rest of your questions together: \nIt's very important that Saddam by tried by his countrymen, and not by the World Court, or any other international tribunal. To try him there would have been an admission that the Iraqis lacked the ability to administer justice in their own land.\n\nWhether you or I agree with the whole Iraqi invasion is irrelevant. The fact is, now, it is imperative to do whatever it takes to send the message that the Iraqi government is in charge of its own destiny. How else can the fledgeling government claim any credibility at all if it fails to take on the responsibility of prosecuting this heinous criminal? \n\nAs to the release date of the sentence -- that date was established months ago when the verdict was announced. I doubt there was any connection between the announcement and the election in America. The new government in Iraq has been eager in recent months to demonstrate as much distance between their actions and the desires of the Americans as possible (consider the recent order by the government for the Americans to pull down blockades in Sadr City) I just don't believe they would be willing to be used like this.\n\nAnd finally, it really is worth noting -- you're correct, Saddam may have been tried by (what you call) "politcal/ethnic opponents;" but he was convicted on the basis of overwhelming amounts of unimpeachable evidence as to his active complicity in genocide. We owe it to ourselves to remember that.\n\nCheers, mate.
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Someone ask the dictator to explain himself?  Of course not, they would have been ushered from the White House as quickly as possible.  It's very clear, from all reports, that Bush doesn't listen to anyone who doesn't kiss his butt and just accept everything he has to say.  Colin Powell ring any bells?  I fully agree with what this question seems to suggest.  Bush 41 should have finished Hussein when he had the chance, and Bush 43 should have set aside his obsession with Iraq and finished the job in Afghanistan.  Now, thanks to him, the terrorists are now in Iraq in droves.  Self-fulfilling prophecy?  I suppose so, he claimed connection between Hussein and 9/11 before the evidence forced him to admit there was no connection.  Now he can talk about the terrorists being in Iraq all he pleases, we blew the country wide open and gave them very safe passage inside.  Good job again Bush.
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Born on April 28, 1937 town of Takrit\nHe was reared alone by his mother Subha, until she took a second husband, Ibrahim Hassan. Hassan, often said to have been brutal and a thief, was a sheepherder by profession and enlisted Saddam in his ventures.His step father abused Saddam and sent him to steal chicken and sheep to be sold. This pattern continued until 1947 when, at the age of ten, he was allowed to move in with his mother's brother, Khayrallah Tulfah, in Baghdad. \nDictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003, when his regime was overthrown by a United States-led invasion. In 2005 he went on trial in Iraq for the 1982 deaths of over 140 men in the town of Dujail He even had his own brother in law killed. He was convicted in 2006 and sentenced on 5 November to death by hanging. Appeals of the execution are pending. Once they uphold the conviction they have 30 days to carry out execution.
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I'm watching CNN, and he has been sentenced to death by hanging!\n\nIf Saddam is killed Iraq could decend into civil war. There is a appeals process, so it could be a while.\n\nI REPEAT HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH.
864211
I don't have a clue.  It should have been left alone.  Saddam Hussein was a cruel leader but his heavy hand is what kept that country together.  Now it is descending into civil war and nobody knows what is going to be the final outcome.  They will just have to fight it out among themselves.
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We havent heard much because nothing much is happening.  Saddam has no real defense, and he's still yelling about the court not having the autority to try him,  yada yada.  \n\nI hope deh fry da sucka
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Mini, Al-Zarqawi was not an Iraqi.  He was from Jordon and entered Iraq to be a terrorist.\n\nI am not a Muslim but I was interested in the answers.
1105870
go ask Saddam he knows
654220
saddam was a dictator..but bush s a president of the us,leader of democracy and peace..then i should say bush..cause at least saddam never say i wanna giv world peace..but bush always say this!and hes peace is afganistan,iraq,abu ghraib,guantanamo,supporting israel,threat iran and...
833821
If we celebrate the conviction of Saddam, then we should also convict our own President, as he is just as guilty of "war crimes" as Saddam and then we should celebrate his conviction as well. As far as I know, Bin Laden is still in hiding, although I am sure our President has always known where he is and will never bring him to justice...Bin Laden didn't have a personal feud with Daddy Bush, only Saddam. Just my opinion folks...don't come down on me too hard, but I'm not in favor of this war in Iraq, and I feel we have no business there. When all the weapons of mass destruction were NEVER found, we should have high tailed it back home and let those people live in peace or at least live the way they are accustomed to, there has always been holy wars over there and we have no business in a holy war with them or anyone else for that matter.
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Homicidal dicatator? Surely you're not talking about Saddamn Hussein? Don't you remember that Christmas after he invaded, excuse me, visited Kuwaitt with his military? He hung out with the British hostage, excuse me, detainee families? There was that sweet little picture of him with the young boy on his lap. What a happy little face on that child.\n\nI don't know about you, but that's the Saddamn that we libs remember. Maybe if H.W. hadn't started pushing him around in the first place, and then humilated him in that Gulf War, he would have let the weapons inspectors in like he was supposed to and none of W's war would have happened.\n\nHomicidal dictator, indeed!