Posted on 12/29/2005 10:19:50 AM PST by ToddBush
AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States should free Saddam Hussein if it wants to end its problems in Iraq and earn the friendship of Arabs, the former Iraqi president's lawyer wrote in a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush.
The chief lawyer for Saddam at his trial for crimes against humanity in Baghdad told Bush that Iraqis who supported their former leader were waiting for a bold decision from the world's most powerful statesman to free him.
"I call on you (President Bush) to release Mr. President (Saddam) immediately to allow the Iraqis to decide his fate. Only then will you get out of your predicament in Iraq and truly become an advocate of justice," Khalil Dulaimi wrote in a letter obtained by Reuters.
Such a decision would prove to be the panacea that would end Washington's woes over Iraq, Dulaimi asserted.
"Your relations with Iraq will then be historic and you will win the favor of the Arabs and Muslims and the entire world," Dulaimi said, adding that it was the only way to spare Iraq from undergoing a bloody civil war.
"Iraq is heading now toward a destructive civil war... release him so that wounds can heal and his people unite."
Dulaimi also said it will become clear to Bush that Saddam's two-month-old trial is a farce of false witnesses and lies that should be ended. Saddam faces hanging if convicted.
"You will become convinced of President Saddam's complete innocence. His popularity gains by the day and (he) is beloved by millions of Iraqis," Dulaimi said.
For many Iraqis, the televised trial since October has generated mixed feelings of anger and revenge and moved others to criticize it as a show trial.
Iraq's new leaders say Saddam's trial will erase painful memories of a brutal regime and help usher in a new era of democracy and justice.
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Free him from 20,000 feet.
William Shakespeare lives...
I thought this was a DNC talking point when I first read it.
Oh LMFAO at this poor delusional twit.
It isn't?
Last I heard, Saddam had something like 1000+ lawyers, including Ramsey Clark.
We're gonna need a lot of rope.
But I'll bet their hearts are all a-flutter in the al-Reuters newsroom.
I doubt we'll need any rope, because I really doubt he will be executed.
The United States cannot free Saddam. He is on trial in an Iraqi court before Iraqi judges. We don't have him, Iraq does.
But hey, let's ignore that, take him to the public square or marketplace in downtown Baghdad and just push him out of the car so that the Iraqi people can do whatever they want to him.
Hey, I have an idea, let's not catch the sarcasm or the fact that ToddBush was DISAGREEING with the article! Yeah, that'll be REAL fun!
Let's give poor Saddam his job back, too. And his palaces. And "victim" money for his sons...and a big, fat apology from President Bush. Or just let the entire Iraqi people unite and tear him to bits. What to do What to do?
Wow, I think it was Michael Savage who predicted, 5 or 6 months ago, that this would be a suggested possibility from the left.
The only release for Saddam should be beneath the trap door on his gallows.
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