Several muslim and Turkish TV stations are reporting the same thing!
Man, I sure hope so!
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And in his hometown nonetheless. Somehow I don't think that was the best place for him to go hiding at.
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Well, he was considered a "hero" (somehow) by the morons of his hometown. They hid him.
Now comes the real question: what will we DO with him? If tried before the World Court, his MAXIMUM sentence for killing all those people would only be fifteen years. Cute huh? I say, try him and throw him into one of his own mass graves.
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Actually I am against the death penalty in general.
But in some instances, like this one, I am not really sure anymore.
But it also feels like one death might not be enough for a dictator as cruel as Saddam.
How can human beings become something like Saddam, Bin Laden, Stalin, Hitler and the like???
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"what will we DO with him?"
Draw his blood and run a DNA comparison against Uday's and Qusay's genetic material to insure that it's really Saddam and not one of his umpteen billion doppelg�ngers, for starters.
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Has something like this EVER happened before? The capture of a brutal dictator, I mean. Don't they have a tendancy to commit suicide?
I tend against the death penalty, but from a legal point of view I think he should be tried in Iraq under Iraqi law, once such law is instituted. I'm sure the US government will be happy to hold him until then.
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quote:Originally posted by Cartman: "what will we DO with him?"
Draw his blood and run a DNA comparison against Uday's and Qusay's genetic material to ensure that he's really Saddam and not one of his umpteen billion doppelg�ngers, for starters.
That's been confirmed. Currently, there's video on CNN of Saddam being medically examined- he lookes like total ass but it's him. He was hiding in a "spiderhole" bunker. The general population is taking to the streets celebrating! About time.
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Oh yeah, it's him. Just look at the eyes, and that nose. The latter is easily faked, but not that gaze.
Yes, what to do with him? The Americans will never turn him over to the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague (where they're currently trying to, well, try Slobodan Milosevic), because he's their prisoner.
But if they try to set up some system to prosecute him on their own, that'll establish some precedent about all the Camp Delta internees, and they don't want that - they seem quite happy to let them rot. Dumping Saddam in Guantanamo won't work either.
The interrogations are going to be interesting. Suppose he really didn't have any WMDs left - if he tells them that, will they believe him? Nope. I wonder how far they'll be prepared to, er, press him on the issue. Not that I'm particularly concerned about a torturer getting tortured.
So, in the meantime, let's all sit back and watch the Bush Administration gleefully celebrate This Week's Reason Why We Invaded Iraq. 8)
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I agree with Omega that he should be tried under Iraqi law once it has been instituted.
Now the only remaining question is: where are those freaking WMDs? Surely, Saddam isn't going to say "I hid em at my mom's house...."
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They raided the "spiderhole" (essentially a pit covered with bricks with an air vent and nothing else) looked around, saw nothing, then noticed a suspicous pile of bricks and literall had to use shovels and dig the gutless fuck out. He was hiding in dirt: literally in a hole.
They should show every Iraqui how this bastard was caught.
He didint fight at all or attempt suicide (guess he had a gun that he never even brought out). He also had $750,000 in US cash on him. So much for "Never surrender" nad "They wont take him alive" talk he's said before the invasion huh?
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And if he says "they're in Iran" or "they're in Lybia" or "they're in Russia" or "they're in Syria" or a combination of the above, then what? This isn't going to blow over quietly...
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Get a load of the PRAVDA take on this... Could they be bigger fuckers? It reads like Al Jeezera.
Someone post that pic into Capcoms Reloaded!
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