Posted on 08/11/2005 12:24:33 PM PDT by SmithL
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) --
Saddam Hussein could be executed after his first trial if he is convicted and sentenced to death for his alleged role in a 1982 Shiite massacre, even though he faces other charges, an official close to the proceedings said Thursday.
The first trial, which involves the deposed Iraqi ruler's alleged role in the 1982 massacre of an estimated 150 Shiites in Dujail, north of Baghdad, is expected to begin by the fall, said the official. He briefed reporters on condition that his name would not be used for reasons of security and the sensitivity of the case.
Iraqi authorities also are building about a dozen other cases against Saddam that they intend to try separately. Those cases include the killing of rival politicians over 30 years, the 1987-88 Anfal campaign that left tens of thousands of Kurds dead or displaced and the crushing of a 1991 uprising by Shiites following the Gulf War.
If Saddam is sentenced to death in the Dujail case, authorities could "theoretically" carry out the sentence without waiting for the other trials to begin, the official said.
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If that is the case, it would not be the first trial, but the only trial.... at least, I think so.
Can you try someone after they are executed?
What are we waiting for? Saddam is lucky i didnt find him down that hole. My finger just may have slipped on the trigger.
How about they just maim him a little for each time he's found guilty and then finish him off after the last one?
That's fair, right?
If they ever actually have a first trial........
I believe beheading by sword is the method there.
I hope they have popcorn vendors on hand.
The POS should have been executed the day they found him!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
To Iraqis in general: Save yourselves the unnecessary cost of all those trials. We all know he is guilty as sin. Off with his head, or whatever, and MOVE FORWARD! You got better things to do than beat a dead horse. Namely getting yourselves together and your country, the future awaits, get past the past!
WFM
(Works For Me, lest you assign your own.)
Can we start passing the bucket and craft a silver bullet to pierce his sorry evil arse?
In Iraq? I know that's the method in Saudi Arabia, but I figure they'll just put Saddam in front of a wall and shoot him.
Alow me to pull the trigger, please, please, please?
Love,
Jarhead
A thousand cuts first. Very slowly. I hope they also take away his hair and eyebrow dye first so the world can see him with gray hair.
I say just cut off a finger after each guilty verdict and move on to the next trial and execute him after the last guilty verdict.
Yeah, a very, very dull sword!
Wonder if Al-Qaeda will carry it?
Works for me.
I think letting him go walking freely anywhere in the Shiite or Kurdish controlled 80% of the country with a cowbell ought to do it.
Benito Mussolini.
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