Some comments on Saddam Hussein’s verdict from:
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There is no doubt that Saddam was an exceptionally cruel dictator bur he should not be subject to capital punishment. He should be kept in prison so that he can appear as one of the main prosecution witnesses at the war crime trials of George Bush and Tony Blair.

Emelle, London

His death will erradicate the final piece of evidence about who supplied him with the weapons in the first place

Gerry, Glasgow

Make absolutely no mistake – this is not a verdict, it is an assassination.

Killing Sadam prevents him from telling any stories about U.S arms dealings to journalists from his prison cell.

Matthew, Chicago

Typical America. Install a dictator, then when he gets a bit too big for his boots, bring him down in a bloodbath.

nik, london, uk

When do we trial ” the other” criminals: George Bush, Tony Blair, Henry Kissinger,Donald Rumsfel, Oliver North, John Negroponte..? S.Hussein’s crimes are nothing compared to the one committed by these Western barbarians, whereby they are responsible for the killing of hundred of thousands, disappearances, torture, the uprooting of entire nations and the destruction and separation of families,…includying my own,…I hope I can see at least one of these men hanged before I die.

Carlos Flores, Vancouver, Canada

Let me get this straight!
Most people never heard of Saddam Hussein before Bush senior invaded Iraq.
We invaded his country twice,accused him of having weapons of mass destruction,accused him of being linked to 9/11,killed most of his family and now we’re sentencing him to death?I don’t support Hussein at all, but to be sentenced to death is a bit over the top.
Why didn’t they sentence Harry S. Truman when he incinerated Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Why was Pinochet so protected in England?

Alex Gache, Netherlands

Two days before the American elections. What a coincidence……………..

Yitzhak Isaac Goldstein, Israel

Great. When will George Bush face trial for the same thing?

Sam, Essex

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