Not a moment to spare….
I went to sleep with media heralding the execution of Saddam and woke up with non-stop coverage of this ‘milestone’ (as defined by George Bush).
Mid-sleep, I realized that this is turning out to be some bad, late-night movie, with an unstoppable good-doer meting out justice to those who don’t conform to his visions of democracy. The axis of evil is not crumbling or weakening to his liking… With the massive numbers of war dead on both sides- who is really on the ‘WRONG’ side here?
“London-based rights group Amnesty International said the execution was wrong in principle and also because Saddam’s trial was flawed.
“Not only is the death penalty a violation of the right to life, but this most extreme penalty was imposed after a clearly unfair trial,” said spokesman James Dyson.
Dyson said only two countries in Europe — Belarus and Uzbekistan — still have the death penalty and that it is not allowed by any international tribunals that deal with crimes against humanity or genocide.
“What’s happened today with Saddam Hussein is an anachronism,” he said.”
Read more via this link from Reuters….
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