Charges against saddam dropped

[ScruU2wice]

oh.

[derrida]

The killing of 150 men and boys in Dujail wasn't a genocidal act. And they didn't charge him for genocide for it. The genocide charge (applied to Saddam's anti-Kurdish campaigns), was one of the charges that was dropped.

[kahljorn]

"prove his innocense" and being innocent are different ;/ criminals plead innocent in court all the time and they're given a chance to prove it but it doesn't necessitate actually being innocent; it just means there's a trial where all evidence is submitted before they are commited guilty.
"Innocent until proven guilty" isn't as literal as it sounds ;/

also, I think geggy's more concerned with the evidence coming out in trial that would pin the US than he is with saddam actually being innocent.

[Geggy]

Saddam Execution Rushed to Hide Information — Russian Ex-PM
Created: 15.01.2007 10:40 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 20:38 MSK


MosNews


The execution of Saddam Hussein was rushed to prevent the former Iraqi leader from revealing facts that could compromise the United States, former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov has said.

Saddam was executed in an “unexpected” way so “he could not have the last word” and reveal compromising information on the relationship between the United States and his former regime, the PTI news agency quoted Primakov as saying in a televised interview on Sunday.

If Saddam Hussein “had said everything (he knew), the current United States president (George W Bush) would have been greatly embarrassed,” said Primakov, a Middle East expert formerly on good terms with Saddam.

Primakov highlighted the military cooperation between Washington and Baghdad during the 1980s when the United States was fighting the fundamentalist threat from Iran.

He also alleged that Saddam made a deal with Washington before the 2003 invasion of Iraq to allow the United States to occupy the country without meeting any opposition.

Primakov made two confidential visits to Iraq at the request of Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly before the US-led invasion of the country.

Saddam was executed for crimes against humanity on December 30, which coincided with the first day of the Eid al-Adha feast and drew widespread Muslim condemnation.


Oh really i did not know that duh

[Grislygus]

"Excuse me, sir, about Alexander Litvinenko..."

"THE UNITED STATES HAS BEING SILENCED SADDAM HUSSEIN! THIS IS TRAVESTY!"

[El Blanco]

He also alleged that Saddam made a deal with Washington before the 2003 invasion of Iraq to allow the United States to occupy the country without meeting any opposition.

Uhhhh......

OK, besides there obviously being opposition, what exactly has been Hussien's payoff?

And again, shtty job of silencing him. They put him on public trial in front of the media to rant all he wants.