Saddam Hussein Sentenced to death.......

supremeBaleno · 2nd January 2007, 15:55

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

What baffles me is why did they capture him alive & conduct a public trial ? why not just torture him & bleed him to death & say that he was shot in an encounter, something very familiar to TN police ?

Pretty simple. They did not want to look like the thugs that they actually are. So they thought that if they propped up a kangaroo court and got him sentenced to death, the world will swallow it as a legitimate trial.

The only problem with this game plan was that they assumed people around the world to be as stupid as their leader.

rks · 2nd January 2007, 15:56

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Originally Posted by esteem_lover

What baffles me is why did they capture him alive & conduct a public trial ? why not just torture him & bleed him to death & say that he was shot in an encounter, something very familiar to TN police ?

Capturing him and making him go through the farce of a trial is good pubilicity for the US, especially when Bush is desperately short of justification for the disastrous Iraq war. But they didn't let him go to International court -- the trial was conducted by hand-picked pro-US Iraqis. Saddam knew too much about the underhand dealings of the US, which supported him for 8 years when Iraq was at war with Iran. He would undoubtedly have exposed the US by leaking out sensitive information had he been given a really open trial.

Equus · 2nd January 2007, 16:55

Whatever the reasons/drama/etc, Saddam deserved to be hanged for sure. The atrocities commited were crazier than most could think of.

Offcourse the US had no business to be in Iraq, but thats a whole different topic......

chetan · 2nd January 2007, 17:44

[quote=rks;346494]Saw the full execution on Google video.

hey bro can you post the link here please

naveendhyani · 2nd January 2007, 17:46

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Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

Pretty simple. They did not want to look like the thugs that they actually are. So they thought that if they propped up a kangaroo court and got him sentenced to death, the world will swallow it as a legitimate trial.

does nybody see a similarity of this situation with rang de basanti. u want the person alive, so that u can kill him later.

â€˜My job was to keep Saddam aliveâ€™-Rest of World-World-NEWS-The Times of India

Rudra Sen · 2nd January 2007, 20:34

Ok guys, don't think we've any more to discuss.

Thread closed.

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Equus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,123 Thanked: 423 Times	Whatever the reasons/drama/etc, Saddam deserved to be hanged for sure. The atrocities commited were crazier than most could think of. Offcourse the US had no business to be in Iraq, but thats a whole different topic......
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chetan BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 487 Thanked: 11 Times	[quote=rks;346494]Saw the full execution on Google video. hey bro can you post the link here please
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2nd January 2007, 20:34	#66
Rudra Sen Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,590 Thanked: 6,532 Times View My Garage	Ok guys, don't think we've any more to discuss. Thread closed.
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