December 29, 2003
Iraq Star Chamber?
This strikes me as a pretty good reason why the current American puppetInterim Iraqui Governing Council should definitely be interim:
Saddam's trial is unlikely to be public, according to Iyad Alawi, member of the Interim Governing Council and head of the Iraqi National Accord (mainly ex-Baathist officers who cooperated in 1990s CIA plots against Saddam). Alawi made the remarks in an interview with the London-based al-Hayat newspaper. He said there would probably be no public trial because "it is possible that he will mention names of states or persons to whom he gave money . . ."Just why would mentioning names be a bad thing?
And Alawi thinks that a bunch of thugs appointed by the US should stay in control of Iraq:
During his present visit to Lebanon, Alawi told Lebanese journalists that he opposes the call by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani for general elections, saying "elections right now are impossible."Gosh, just when would elections be possible? When you can guarantee the results?
I can't imagine the bushies not demanding a public trial. And, for once, I'd agree with them. Star Chamber proceedings have no place in our world...not in the US and not in Iraq.
Via Kevin Drum.
Posted by Steve on December 29, 2003Actually "star chamber" seems too reminiscent of the symbol of the Zionist entity. Best to think of it as a "crescent and sword" chamber... much more respectful of Iraqi norms and values.
There was no plan re: taking Saddam alive. The IGC is running around flying trial balloons (ok-- pun intended)-- to see if they can get away with secretly executing Saddam. If the consensus ever turns to "yes", I suspect they'll do it that very moment.
The alternative becomes a matter of keeping Saddam in some sort of secret detention as long as we can, hoping he'll have a heart attack or something else fatal that we can't be blamed for. Not a good plan-- but until the Bush Administration is safely out of office, its all we got...
Posted by the talking dog at December 29, 2003 11:39 AMMinor point: that really should be Interim Iraqi rather than Iranian. We haven't invaded Iran yet.
Posted by Nurse Ratched at December 30, 2003 11:29 AMOops....iranian changed to iraqi
Posted by Steve at December 30, 2003 2:06 PMMaybe you were just prescient.
Posted by Nurse Ratched at December 30, 2003 9:39 PM
