(UK) Government hails Saddam verdict (I do not see US hailing verdict

[rodeodance]

yet. guess the WH is asleep??
Or maybe they have? (I do not have cable)


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6118134.stm

Government hails Saddam verdict

Saddam trial verdict
The UK government has welcomed the conviction of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court.

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, said all the defendants were being held to account for their crimes.

Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague said the verdict should be "respected".

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell warned that executing the former leader could make him a martyr and he should be imprisoned for life.

Iraqi decision

Mrs Beckett said: "I welcome that Saddam Hussein and the other defendants have faced justice and have been held to account for their crimes.

[laylah]

1. I look forward to the day

when *dumbass and his cartel face their justice and are held accountable!

Jenn

[Warren Stupidity]

2. UK: kangaroo kourts just fine!

No problem at all with this farce. 'kay. Another low point in the sad history of the anglo-american Iraqi debacle.

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3. Plenty of critics though....

2 articles, very similar, but quotes vary quite a bit. Seems most of the world has chimed in with their response except for the US. Russia's is interesting in the 2nd article.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/breaking_news/15936511.htm
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200611051653.htm

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"The Saddam case is not a Muslim problem but the problem of America and its domestic politics," he said. "The Americans are about to vote in a midterm election, so maybe Bush will use this case to tell the voters that Saddam is dead and that the Americans are safe. But actually the American people will be in more danger with the death of Saddam."

In Pakistan, the opposition religious coalition claimed American forces have caused more deaths in Iraq during the past 3 1/2 years than Saddam during his 23-year reign, and insisted Bush should stand trial for war crimes.

"Who will punish the Americans and their lackeys who have killed many more people than Saddam Hussein?" asked Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, a senior lawmaker from the Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal coalition, which is critical of Pakistan's military cooperation with the United States.

"What goes around comes around ... in the future, Bush must face the same fate," Ahmed said.

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But Amnesty International questioned the fairness of the trial, and international legal experts said Saddam should be kept alive long enough to answer for other atrocities. Only then, they said, will Iraqis brutalized by years of his despotic rule see true justice done.

[Briar]

4. David Milliband, at least,

also pointed out that we don't have the death penalty, something the BBC doesn't seem keen to highlight. All this hailing just represents the way in which this whole debacle has eroded our integrity and corroded our principles.