In response to TFP's Saddam message

It just gets better and better - Courtesy of the BBC</p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="760" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 10px"></td><td style="width: 629px" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 629px" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh"><font size="4">Iraq court drops Saddam's charges</font> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Saddam Hussein was executed on 30 December</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>The Iraqi High Tribunal has dropped all charges against Saddam Hussein, who was hanged on 30 December, as the genocide trial of six co-defendants resumed.

They are charged with crimes against humanity over a campaign against Kurds in the 1980s that left 100,000 dead. </p>

Saddam Hussein was hanged after an earlier trial over the killing of 148 Shia Muslims in the town of Dujail. </p>

Many Kurds were disappointed that he was executed before facing justice for his role in the Anfal campaign. </p>

Among the six remaining defendants is Saddam Hussein's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, sometimes known as &quot;Chemical Ali&quot; for his alleged use of chemical weapons against the Kurds. </p>

The defence argues the campaign - codenamed al-Anfal, or &quot;the spoils of war&quot; - was a legitimate operation to quell a rebellion after some Kurds sided with the enemy during the Iran-Iraq war. </p>

Executions 'this week' </p>

The trial had been in recess since 21 December. </p>

Its resumption will throw the spotlight back on the Iraqi judicial system which has come under international criticism for the handling of Saddam Hussein's execution. </p>

The former leader was taunted at the gallows and illicit images of his execution later appeared on the internet. </p>

The UN has called for a stay of execution for two others sentenced to death in the Dujail trial. </p>

But the Iraqi government says the execution of Barzan al-Tikriti and Awad al-Bandar will take place this week.
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Saddam's lawyer:

Obviously Saddam, from beyond the grave, is very happy the charges have been dropped.
He can now concentrate on the task he has at hand - decomposing.
Saddam would like to thank his friends & family for their support and hopes this now draws a line under the whole affair.

Kinell fire on a stick.

 

Shia bloody madness nt nt