[RWB Patriot]

"Imposing the death penalty, indefensible in any case, is especially wrong after such unfair proceedings,"

Funny, Terrorist Rights Watch never said anything when Saddam sentenced innocent people to death and threw them into plastic shredders.

[RWB Patriot]

*Slaps forehead and drags hand down face*

I goofed on the author slot again, so sorry. I think it's supposed to be New York AFP.

[CodeMasterPhilzar]

Imposing the death penalty, indefensible in any case...

Could've stopped reading right there and known I wasn't going to agree with these wack-jobs.

[river rat]

Why is it, these "Human Rights" folks are never to be found making a stand against the mass murdering Islamists as they go about with the "ethnic cleansing" and "Allah's work".

Their credibility and value is below zero..

Semper Fi

[GSlob]

Human rights are - by definition - reserved for humans. Since saddam is not a human but a beast, he necessarily does not, and cannot, have these rights and therefore is not covered by them. Thus the "human rights watch" has no standing to squeal on the topic. PETA might, though.

[DustyMoment]

I'm sure that the Iraqi court might be willing to make a deal if Human Rights Watch has someone in mind they would like to substitute for Saddam. But, unless Maliki goes wobbly in the knees, Hussein is gonna swing in 30 days.

[13Sisters76]

Doesn't this just figure? Is anyone surprised?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Human Rights Watch. Aren't these the gay guys?

[garyhope]

How many people do you have to kill to merit a death sentence according to the "Human Rights Watch"?

I'm sure they would support a death sentence for George W. Bush if he had an overdue parking ticket.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Liberalism IS a mental disorder.

[McGavin999]

"Imposing the death penalty, indefensible in any case, is especially wrong after such unfair proceedings," said Richard Dicker, director of Human Rights Watch's international justice programme.

What was unfair about it. The trial lasted more than a year, Saddam had a dozen lawyers, witnesses testified, what was unfair?

[NordP]

Headline = Tell that to the hundreds of Iraqis with stiletto knife heeled shoes held high..just waiting for Saddam to come out into the open.

[Snardius]

Human Rights Watch urged the Iraqi government not to execute Saddam Hussein,

I agree. They should gently skin him alive and throw him in the ocean...

[TheCrusader]

"Human Rights Watch urged the Iraqi government not to execute Saddam Hussein,----Imposing the death penalty, (is)indefensible in any case,---"

Sure, let Saddam live so he might be able to kill more people, either personally or through those thugs who still believe he is their leader. If these morons at "Human Rights Watch" really wanted to foster human rights, they'd be so appalled at what Saddam did to his own people, and the Kuwaitis, they would want him executed immediately to protect human beings from him.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

How about this for the Rights Watchdog ?

[Jorge]

Where were these people when Saddam was filling mass graves with hundreds of thousands of Iraqis?

The hypocricy of these so called human "rights" groups astounds me.

[WildBill2275]

This will no doubt sound totally non-PC, but I cat help but wonder how Mr. Dicker will feel about someone who has his wife anally, vaginally, and orally raped, and then hung by the heels and disemboweled while he watches. (Which is not far from what Saddam had done to some women.)
Do you suppose he might feel that imposing the death penalty might be defensible in that case?
Or does his outrage at the "death penalty" only apply when someone else's family is slaughtered by a madman?

(Note: The death penalty is the only 100% guaranteed way to insure there is no repeat offense and that society is protected.)

[Obie Wan]

Human Rights Watch, liberal scum not worth the time of day !!!

[goldstategop]

I wonder where Human Rights Watch was, when Saddam took power, he orchestrated a series of murders and forced his subordinates to execute his political opponents to implicate them in his crimes. As a matter of fact, he circulated a public videotape of the Ba'ath Party tribunal in which those named where led away to their fate, I might add, all without due process of law. Saddam received that and deserves to hang for his crimes. It was not for nothing the ruthless Iraqi dictator received the infamous sobriquet, "Butcher Of Baghdad." If there are any candidates for the ultimate penalty, Saddam qualifies on all counts. I look forward to his execution.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[gcruse]

""Imposing the death penalty, indefensible in any case, is especially wrong..."

If it's indefensible in any case, it can't be especially wrong any more than a gal can get too pregnant.

The group thinks DP is wrong everytime. They could have stopped there. All else is wasting oxygen.

[mosquewatch.com]

The day saddam is room temperature, will be a good day, as well as the jackass in cuba.