SADDAM'S HANGING A SMOKESCREEN FOR U.S. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

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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.

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