Speaking of red-xs, I think we better cool it. We've kind of gone waaaaaay off topic here. LOL

It sure was fun with you though, as always. :)

Yes but this thread is dead.......

It ain't dead 'til the Fat Lady sings, or until R/B marks it closed. All you have to do to get it back on topic is to post something serious on topic.

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Speaking of red-xs, I think we better cool it. We've kind of gone waaaaaay off topic here. LOL

It sure was fun with you though, as always. :)

Yes but this thread is dead.......

It ain't dead 'til the Fat Lady sings, or until R/B marks it closed. All you have to do to get it back on topic is to post something serious on topic.

No sense in whipping a dead Dictator then...

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Thread is as dead as that old Iraqi dictator guy... What was his name again? Oh there it is...

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Kolch - Crunching for the BOINC@Australia team since July 2004.
Search for your own intelligence...

Thread is as dead as that old Iraqi dictator guy... What was his name again? Oh there it is...

I agree...

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Thread is as dead as that old Iraqi dictator guy... What was his name again? Oh there it is...

I agree...

You can forget his name. But you might have to get to know another.

"As Saddam Hussein supporters continue to protest against his death, the Sunni Baath Party announced it had appointed Saddam's former deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, as his successor.

In a message posted on the internet, Mr Douri said the death of their leader would "only strengthen their resolve".

quoted from BBC news

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Pfft how long until he is also found guilty of similar crimes against his fellow man? Probably not long enough for me to bother remembering his name...

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Kolch - Crunching for the BOINC@Australia team since July 2004.
Search for your own intelligence...

Pfft how long until he is also found guilty of similar crimes against his fellow man? Probably not long enough for me to bother remembering his name...

Isn't that the point though? He's been the "former deputy", for 'how long?' and he's not guilty of anything? Nothing at all? For all the time he was with sad adam? Something stinks here for sure, and it's not just the new Iraqi govt.

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I don't think too many will consider him a martyr.

In any case, some nice things about martyr's include:

1) that martyr's don't rule dictatorships.
2) that martyr's don't continue to spout trash talk.
3) that martyr's are ultimately left with nothing when they have no one to remember them.

4) that martyrs don't have apostrophes.

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Cordially,
Rush

elrushbo2@theobviousgmail.com
Remove the obvious...

Children die worldwide after seeing Saddam hang

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

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Children die worldwide after seeing Saddam hang

. . . after seeing video footage of the execution of former Iraqi

dictator Saddam Hussein, many in "play" hangings . . .

. . . what's nExt?

Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

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Divisions deepened by Saddam's death

"A week after Saddam Hussein stood on the scaffold at Camp Justice in Baghdad and was taunted during his final moments on Earth by followers of the militant Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, none of the emotions that were aroused have faded.

On the contrary, the revulsion which was felt in the West and among Sunni Muslims has grown even greater.


Many Sunni Arabs are outraged by the timing of the execution
Yet so has the sense of triumph among Shias in Iraq and elsewhere.

In death as in life, Saddam continues to divide his enemies."

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Still no word on Tariq Aziz I see, aka Mikhael Yuhanna. He was the son of a waiter, born a Catholic Chaldo-Assyrian, according to Wikipedia.

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Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

Some say he should have been tried for the other crimes before hanging.

Some also say that waiting for death is worse than death itself.

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Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

It's also against basic legal doctrine, everywhere. The criminal courts don't have time to try a dead man, where no practical punishment can ensue..they're busy enough with the living, as is.

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Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

It's also against basic legal doctrine, everywhere. The criminal courts don't have time to try a dead man, where no practical punishment can ensue..they're busy enough with the living, as is.

That's an interesting point, because they do open up the cases of people executed in the past and give posthumous pardons - not a trial, just an interesting point.

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Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

Some say he should have been tried for the other crimes before hanging.

Some also say that waiting for death is worse than death itself.

Some also say why, he is going to die now, why waste the time, money and give him another forum to be an a$$? It took several Judges, several sets of Lawyers and assorted other stuff to try him the first time. Why do it all over again just because he killed a bunch MORE people? The Trials could go on a very long time in that case.

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Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

Some say he should have been tried for the other crimes before hanging.

Some also say that waiting for death is worse than death itself.

Some also say why, he is going to die now, why waste the time, money and give him another forum to be an a$$? It took several Judges, several sets of Lawyers and assorted other stuff to try him the first time. Why do it all over again just because he killed a bunch MORE people? The Trials could go on a very long time in that case.

I don't think anyone wants any trials to go ahead, which is why the Iraqi courts have dropped it. They have made an appalling mess so far with the excessive time to try him and the ridiculous mobile phone video hanging. I don't think they will want to do any more than move on and try the remaining sub humans who will have been agonizing over their impending deaths, if they have any decency left in them.

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Iraq court drops Saddam's charges

"The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein"

It would be kinda hard to give a fair trial to a dead man. How would he participate in his own defense?

It's also against basic legal doctrine, everywhere. The criminal courts don't have time to try a dead man, where no practical punishment can ensue..they're busy enough with the living, as is.

That's an interesting point, because they do open up the cases of people executed in the past and give posthumous pardons - not a trial, just an interesting point.

Good point, iX. That's a very recent development and it's an exception to the general rule. That one started a few years ago, when DNA evidence made it a scientific fact that certain convictions were mistaken. There was quite a debate about it, because pardons are generally issued by the government and not by the courts. My guess is that in the face of convincing scientific evidence, the Supreme Courts have decided that upholding the integrity and reputation of the justice system does require opening up some cases. You can say here that the reversal of verdict does amount to having a practical effect.

Slowly but surely, the law is ever changing...for the better, one hopes. :)

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