Originally posted by Strangelove
There was really no point in executing him except to make Bush look good. He had no power or influence left.Still, good riddance to him
Okay first of off genius, if you're going to bash Bush get your facts straight. There isn't anything more pathetic then blaming the president for the doings of another country. Bush did not sentence out Sadaam's death. It was Iraq's highest court that sentenced Sadaam to be hunged within 30 days of the senticing with the Shiite majority demanding Saddam's death and most in the formerly dominant Sunni Arab community calling the trial tainted.
Saddam's hanging "must be implemented within 30 days," said Aref Shahin, chief judge of the appeals court. "From tomorrow, any day could be the day of implementation."
"We were looking forward to this day so as to achieve justice, though it comes late," said Ali al-Adeeb, a Shiite lawmaker. "The government should speed up implementing the verdict in order not to give any chance to the terrorists."
Talabani, a Kurd, has voiced opposition to the death penalty but he previously deputized Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi, a Shiite Muslim, to sign execution orders on his behalf — a substitute legally accepted. Abdul-Mahdi has said he would sign a death warrant for Saddam.
The Sunni vice president, Tariq Al-Hashimi, reportedly gave his word that he also would sign a Saddam death warrant as part of the deal that gave him the job last April 22, witnesses at that meeting told The Associated Press in October.
Raed Juhi, a spokesman for the High Tribunal court that convicted Saddam, said the judicial system would ensure Saddam is executed even if the presidency does not ratify the decision.
"We'll implement the verdict by the power of the law," Juhi said.
Oh yeah Bush is soooooooooooo bad.