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My God!!! You don't suppose Saddam reads TH do you?

I quite like the idea of Bush and the Iranians being in the same camp now though. And the Iranians calling on others not to apply pressure, which is of course tantamount to...... er ....... applying pressure. I'd have thought an appeal by Tehran for his execution is probably more likely to save him to be honest.

As regards the actual execution, I heard it reported today that the Iraqi government said they'll be able to do it my Christmas. Wonderful thing this concept of appeal,  :brows: I'm not sure the Iraqi's have necessarily grasped it yet though. I suppose you could say they're being refreshingly honest by discussing the sentance prior to the appeal being heard, but as Brian said, they've replaced the odd judge here and there, and killed half his defence team, so they either don't feel it necessary to present the facade of fairness or are still on a pretty steep learning curve.

To be honest, I would be really tempted to make him a deal, and spare his life in return for him trying to temper his followers from his prison cell. As I said previously, you can only kill him once, and a golden opportunity might be passing through our hands, however bizzare and unpalatable it appears at first sight. The more I think about it though, the more I'm coming around to the idea that it could be the shrewder longer term call