Do not forget that this execution was carried out by a U.S. installed government in Iraq while the U.S.( contrary to International law ) is illegally occupying Iraq. Do not forget that the U.S. preemptively invaded Iraq and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis in a war based on deception and lies. As such, do not forget that Saddam Hussein, in essence, was executed by the U.S. government no matter how the Cheney/Bush administration tries to spin it: Allen L Roland


The Iraqis are not fooled by Saddam's hanging for they know this drama is being produced for an American audience who will ignore America's ongoing crimes against humanity, under the guise of liberty, and see Saddam's death as a sign of progress and a justification for a new ' surge ' in troops to secure Baghdad and perpetuate the Cheney/Bush agenda of death and global domination.

Bush's macho posturing is not fooling the Iraqis ~ about 90 percent of Iraqis feel the situation in the country was better before the U.S.-led invasion than it is today, according to a new ICRSS poll.

The pictures of a dangling Saddam may please a sadistic and vengeful Bush ~ but it will most certainly be a vivid reminder to most Americans and the rest of the world of our deepening moral disgrace. This certainly falls in line with a recent International poll that named George W Bush as the greatest menace to mankind and International peace.

Bush's demonizing of Saddam is the ultimate projection of his own dark side ~ which he continues to externalize on others in his demonic black and white world.

Burhan al-Chalabi, former chairman of the British Iraqi Foundation, shares his honest knowledgeable views on Saddam's hanging with the Guardian.

Excerpt: " The invasion and occupation of Iraq was an act of U.S. imperialism, marketed as a war of liberation ... The UN's legal and moral authority has been undermined....The U.S. presents the Iraqi people with this phoney act of accountability ( Saddam's Hanging ), but no one has been held accountable for invading and occupying Iraq or the mass human rights abuses carried out in the process... "

Allen L Roland
http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2006/12/30.html


WHAT DO ACTUAL IRAQIS THINK ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN ?

Burhan al-Chalabi, former chairman of the British Iraqi Foundation, gives his view in the Guardian: The Trials of Occupation.

Excerpts:

" The imminent execution of Saddam Hussein is nothing but a smokescreen - a diversion in a series of diversions that will do nothing to address the price of the occupation of Iraq. If the Bush administration truly wanted to curb the cycle of bloodshed, it would come clean and share with the US public, the Iraqi people, and the international community the real goals of this disastrous neoconservative adventure.

The invasion and occupation of Iraq was an act of US imperialism, marketed as a war of liberation. Iraq was chosen ahead of Iran or Syria because it had been weakened by 13 years of sanctions. It provided the opportunity to station US bases in the Middle East, and a vantage point to monitor Iran. Control of the massive oil reserves was not to be sniffed at, either.

It was assumed that Iraqis' distaste for Saddam would somehow make occupation acceptable.

It has, of course, proved to be anything but acceptable. It has proven unacceptable to the people of Iraq, the Middle East, and the world over. Today, a country is occupied and its sovereignty violated. The UN's legal and moral authority has been undermined.

Iraq's cultural heritage is in tatters, its natural resources squandered, its infrastructure destroyed.

Safety, security and the rule of law are nonexistent.

Terrorism is on the rise. This is borne out even in Washington's own reports. More than 3 million Iraqis have fled their homes. More than 600,000 civilians have been killed.

Officials of the former regime are judged and punished ~ sometimes with death sentences as in Saddam Hussein's case. Regardless of the nature of the crimes, it is only right that allegations should be tested by a properly constituted court of law that meets the basic requirements of justice, fairness and independence. These qualities could not be found in the court in Iraq, established by US viceroy Paul Bremer, who appointed its judges in direct contravention of international law...

The US presents the Iraqi people with this phoney act of accountability, but no one has been held accountable for invading and occupying Iraq or the mass human rights abuses carried out in the process...The occupying forces continue to peddle the nonsense that they cannot withdraw immediately - that this would only spark civil war.

I am convinced that the opposite is true: when the occupiers leave, the prevailing civil war will subside. Ordinary Iraqis will have to choose between killing each other or rebuilding the country - which they can only do in an independent, sovereign Iraq. "