Saddam’s path to justice hardly clear

Wish we could say the first two brief sessions of Saddam Hussein’s trial inspired confidence that the dethroned dictator will get a swift, smooth and fair trial. They don’t. Saddam clearly intends to use the trial to gripe about his victimization. Worse, though, is the toll the case is taking on his co-defendants’ legal team — two lawyers were killed, and one has fled the country in fear. TV coverage does not include images of the faces of any defense lawyers or of all but one judge. Maybe the situation will improve when the trial resumes Dec. 5, but this test of the new Iraq is off to a rough start.
Posted by Rhonda Holman

7 Comments

  1. Ed Friedemann
    Posted November 28, 2005 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

    Justice from the United States? You’ve got to be kidding.

  2. Ed Friedemann
    Posted November 28, 2005 at 1:51 pm | Permalink

    Oh, yeah, Saddam is so bad. It’s just so easy to rule Iraq.

    We just didn’t give him enough bombs or chemical weapons.

    I guess we needed to save some back to burn the skin off the People of Fallugah.

    And we’ve got him on trail?

  3. J M Walker
    Posted November 28, 2005 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    Actually, it’s the iraqi people who are trying Sadaam. You can learn that by reading.

  4. Ed Friedemann
    Posted November 28, 2005 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    All by themselves.

  5. Outlander
    Posted November 29, 2005 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

    I gather from your comments Ed Friedemann, that you are an anti-American leftist who sympathizes with Saddam Hussein. Is that a fair assessment?

  6. Galahad
    Posted November 30, 2005 at 9:52 am | Permalink

    The Americans are doing such a great job, we can’t even protect important gov’t officials–we can’t secure the five miles of road from the airport.

    I don’t know how much more of this “winning” we can take.

  7. Jed
    Posted November 30, 2005 at 11:32 am | Permalink

    Outlander,Ed’s no leftist or Saddam lover; he’s just zeroed in on Zionists as the cause of all the world’s troubles. He does have his moments though, if you’re willing to discount the obvious prejudice.