Skippy notes that Colin Powell:

…staunchly disagreed with a private think tank report that insists there are no wmd’s to be found in that country.

I’d like to remind you what Colin Powell said in February 2001 about UN Sanctions:

And frankly they have worked. He has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors.

Iraq was a threat to who?

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.

VodkaPundit gives us Saddam’s Makeover.
Via Talkleft.