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Saddam death sentence upheld by appeals court
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NAVFC



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:36 am    Post subject: Saddam death sentence upheld by appeals court Reply with quote

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,238857,00.html
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gonna keep my eyes on ogrish this week...
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

29 days and counting
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Defiant to the end so far.

Anyone think he'll crack?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They're making a mistake by executing him.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Swing, daddio. Swing!
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Junior



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

canuckistan wrote:
They're making a mistake by executing him.


Hmm. In this case, do you not agree that it would put an end to an era in the minds of Iraqis. I mean it will help them wrap up the past. Take an emotional weight off them.

How do you think it will be a mistake?
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mateomiguel



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He probably gets off on calling into doubt the decisions of people better than him.

After all doubt is cheap. Anybody can do it. And it makes you look more important. There's the catch.
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Bondrock



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:46 pm    Post subject: no rule of law in Iraq Reply with quote

...it is a mistake to execute him.

he should have been tried at the Hague.

the Iraqi court does not follow the rule of law. this will come back to haunt the current Iraqi government in the future.

one of the principles of "rule of law" is that no law can be retroactively applied. since the formation of the new Iraq, and the introduction of a new constitution, trying Saddam for crimes commited against the "former" Iraq violates this basic tenet.

he deserves to die? maybe... but it should have been an international court that made the decision...
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NAVFC



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:51 pm    Post subject: Re: no rule of law in Iraq Reply with quote

Bondrock wrote:
...it is a mistake to execute him.

he should have been tried at the Hague.

the Iraqi court does not follow the rule of law. this will come back to haunt the current Iraqi government in the future.

one of the principles of "rule of law" is that no law can be retroactively applied. since the formation of the new Iraq, and the introduction of a new constitution, trying Saddam for crimes commited against the "former" Iraq violates this basic tenet.

he deserves to die? maybe... but it should have been an international court that made the decision...




Bull Bondrock. People at the Nuremburg trials were tried and executed according to laws created after the World War, butt he world has yet to regret it.
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Bondrock



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

true, and the Nuremburg trials have been widely criticised for that reason.

but this is post-Nuremburg.

The international court at the Hague was created for situations like Saddam.
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khyber



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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true, and the Nuremburg trials have been widely criticised for that reason.
hmm....Is "criticised" the word you're looking for?

i think you'd be hard pressed to find a pleb who has that problem with the Nuremburg trials.
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Gopher



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bondrock wrote:
...it is a mistake to execute him...


Are you not unfairly judging/recolonizing the Iraqi authorities? It seems to me that whether Saddam deserves to die or whether "they" should execute him or not is their business.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

disagree: personally i think Saddam should be tried by an interntional court...
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