[Steve_Seattle]

" . . . if Hussein gets executed despite a restraining order by a U.S. federal judge, Bush could go to jail for contempt of court and/or be impeached."

Did some judge issue a restraining order? On what authority? American judges are claiming jurisdiction in Iraqi legal procedings?

[corlorde]

I'm sure the ACLU has plane loads of lawyers en-route to stop this, "travesty."

[dogbyte12]

Did some judge issue a restraining order? On what authority? American judges are claiming jurisdiction in Iraqi legal procedings?

I think under the theory that until we hand him over to the Iraqis, he is a prisoner of war, and we can't allow him to be executed as a technical enemy combatant. Unlike the terrorists, he was a head of state. It's actually an interesting legal question for scholars. He is technically our prisoner, does the Iraqi government have international authority to have him. It's moot. He is getting hanged, but my bet this is what the legal argument is about.

[TET1968]

Naaa, the CNN reporter probably fed that misinformation to the dumb ass lawyer.

I personally think Osama Bedlinen has been dead for quite awhile. But if he is still breathing, I hope he has an HDTV.

[ArmstedFragg]

Most likely, they're claiming jurisdiction over whether we turn him over or not. I suspect that, in the event one is isued, word of the restraining order will reach the troops moments after the turnover. Oops, darn! Missed it by t-h-a-t much.