Saddam To Die
Saddam Hussein is scheduled to die this month. His conviction has been upheld in the courts. Although he is not a popular figure certainly, I would expect for their to be an outcry when he is finally put to death.
The Americans may feel that this is a page in the book that has been turned and that we should only look forward to the new Iraq, but I am afraid that there are factions which will use the US involved trial and conviction to create even more strife and unrest in the region.
Saddam's crimes are heinous and his time in power merciless, but some in Iraq look back now in comparison to their current situations as his time in power as being preferred over their current circumstances. There has always been fear that if he was not executed that there would be a cadre to rise up and try to put him back in power.
The upcoming month and execution of Saddam Hussein bears very close watching as I for one am expecting an increased level of violence against Americans and political unrest.
The Americans may feel that this is a page in the book that has been turned and that we should only look forward to the new Iraq, but I am afraid that there are factions which will use the US involved trial and conviction to create even more strife and unrest in the region.
Saddam's crimes are heinous and his time in power merciless, but some in Iraq look back now in comparison to their current situations as his time in power as being preferred over their current circumstances. There has always been fear that if he was not executed that there would be a cadre to rise up and try to put him back in power.
The upcoming month and execution of Saddam Hussein bears very close watching as I for one am expecting an increased level of violence against Americans and political unrest.
