[Alia]

He added that the two men had been rushed to execution in order to protect the names of several international companies who had sold chemicals to Iraq. He said he had evidence from the FBI centre in Qatar that companies in the UK, the US, Holland, France, Germany and Italy had sold chemicals which were later used in the Anfal campaign in which as many as 100,000 Kurds were killed. He said the naming of the companies would have been part of the defence strategy if Saddam and Barzan had lived to testify in the trial.

Mark.

[tickmeister]

That's the part that caught my eye also. How does that square with the "no weapons of mass destruction" caterwauling that we keep hearing?

I agree Saddam got less than he deserved. He rightfully should have been turned over to some of those he tortured and they could have taken him down to the woodworking shop and amused themselves for a while. Still, if the government was going to kill him, they should have done a dignified job. Bush is right.