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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Saddam Hussein

For the record I am opposed to the death penalty but I think it would be totally unrealistic to tell the Government of Iraq how to deal with this situation. The intensity of feeling about Saddam is very great.

What I hope the Iraqi government does is to make extra efforts to re engage with the Sunni population and the offer by the Prime Minister to allow some Bathists to have their jobs back subject to certain conditions is a step in the right direction.

Clive, I fail to see how there can be degrees of opposition to the death penalty. Just how dead does someone have to be before you object?

In regards to dealing with the situation of Sadaam Hussein death sentance, who, as we all know, murdered hundreds of Kurds in chemical experiments and bombings, been known to torture his own people and the oppositionists under his rule, should he not suffer a similar fate? Is that not justice well served? Maybe the international community could take some ideas from the current labour government and their views on imprisonment. Should he not be locked up in jail with 5* gourmet meals, comfortable beds and SKY tv as the infamous Rosmarie West has become accustomed to at the tax payers expense?