[Stoat]

Saddam will experience The Mother Of All Disappointments.

I'm curious though.....they are building a special courtroom just for his trial, and they are debating whether the glass around the dock should be bulletproof or not.

If you're going to use glass around the dock, why would you want it to be non-bulletproof?

If it is not to be bulletproof, what is the purpose of having glass there?

Just curious.

[Duke Wayne]

Well ya never know, O.J. is still out here looking for the real killer!

[elhombrelibre]

Poor Saddam, like Schroeder, suffers from Chronic Al Gore's Disease. It is the persistent belief that you're in charge regardless of the facts. Similar to denial, this disorder manifests itself in leaders who have lost touch with the people.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Saddam confident of clearing his name when he faces trial judges

He couldn't clear his name even if he was black and had the OJ jury deciding his fate.

He couldn't clear his name if he changed it to Bill Clinton and had the Senate Republicans deciding his fate. Oh, wait--they would probably find him not guilty due to lack of evidence (which they chose not to look at.)

[tet68]

He won't be smiling when they lead him up to the gibbet.

[ladiesview61]

Fine...if he get's off, the people of Iraq will "get off" on offing him!

[JohnLongIsland]

i guess they have not told him yet that the trial is in iraq and not the U.N. or the haugue

[NCjim]

If it is not to be bulletproof, what is the purpose of having glass there?

Does a better job than chicken wire for keeping the vegetables away? (Shades of Bob's Country Bunker)

[GSlob]

'If convicted he faces execution by hanging."
Is it specified by which part he is to be hanged? Using the neck is so hidebound and vulgar... I would suggest hanging by the appendages, using a broad elastic ribbon instead of a rope, and gentle lowering instead of a drop.

[F16Fighter]

We need to show that the age of Saddam is finally at an end."

What? And ruin the illusion for the world that Saddam is just a "regular guy" who only wants one more bag of Cool Ranch Doritos?

The longer this man is allowed to live, the longer his image will be etched by CNN as one of a "docile, benign ruler who was kidnapped and deprived of his right to govern his own people."

[stylin19a]

saddam's defense: It was all Uday and Qusay. I know nothink...NOTHINK.