This blog will focus on political images I have found all around the Internet, though I will intersperse some commentary and quotes that I find interesting.
Showing posts with label Saddam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saddam. Show all posts
Friday, January 23, 2009
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Bush - A President of Deep Complexities
In January 2007, Saddam Hussein was executed over the objections of the Bush administration.
Instead of being tried for crimes against humanity, Hussein was sent to the gallows for the political murders of Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt. The implication was that justice was important only for Saddam's crimes against Shiites, and not those committed against Sunnis and Kurds, further deepening factional rifts in Iraq.
George Bush expressed his disappointment with the manner in which Saddam was executed, saying in a 60 Minutes interview that he did not believe in "vengeance." This was the same man who in part justified deposing Saddam in 2002, because "he tried to kill my dad."
Instead of being tried for crimes against humanity, Hussein was sent to the gallows for the political murders of Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt. The implication was that justice was important only for Saddam's crimes against Shiites, and not those committed against Sunnis and Kurds, further deepening factional rifts in Iraq.
George Bush expressed his disappointment with the manner in which Saddam was executed, saying in a 60 Minutes interview that he did not believe in "vengeance." This was the same man who in part justified deposing Saddam in 2002, because "he tried to kill my dad."
Monday, October 08, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Did You Know - Saddam's Judge
We're doing such a bang-up job in Iraq, that folks are just "dying" to flea the country. The following is from Raw Story - click here for the original with links to sources...
Cairo- The Iraqi judge who sentenced Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein to death has fled Iraq seeking asylum in Britain, the Arabic language al-Jazeera news broadcaster reported
Friday.
Raouf Abdel-Rahman, a member of Iraq's Kurdish minority, has requested political asylum in Britain with his family, the report added
Cairo- The Iraqi judge who sentenced Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein to death has fled Iraq seeking asylum in Britain, the Arabic language al-Jazeera news broadcaster reported
Friday.
Raouf Abdel-Rahman, a member of Iraq's Kurdish minority, has requested political asylum in Britain with his family, the report added
Monday, January 29, 2007
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging.
The former Iraqi president was convicted by a Baghdad court for his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982. His half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and Iraq's former chief judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar were also sentenced to death.
Former Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan got life in jail and three others received 15 year prison terms. Another co-defendant, Baath party official Mohammed Azawi Ali, was acquitted.
The former Iraqi president was convicted by a Baghdad court for his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982. His half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and Iraq's former chief judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar were also sentenced to death.
Former Vice-President Taha Yassin Ramadan got life in jail and three others received 15 year prison terms. Another co-defendant, Baath party official Mohammed Azawi Ali, was acquitted.
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