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Iraq :
# Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants in 1992 and could be sentenced to death if found guilty.
# Among his co-defendants are Saddam’s half brother Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan and the dictator’s cousin known as “Chemical Ali,” who faces a pending death sentence in another case.
# Judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel Rahman, an Iraqi Kurd, will preside at Mr Aziz’s trial. He is the same judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death.
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Dayasurabhi Balaji
dhimati.blogspot.com..
Apr 29 2008
Pune,
India
I don’t think so. There’s already been lot of bloodshed. Did Saddam’s execution help Iraq any better? It only helped satisfy American hegemonism. This is certainly not a step towards betterment of the country.
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(Global Perspectives)
Did Saddam's execution help Iraq to reconcile? Find the answer and you will get answer of your question. It was all tactics of Bush junior to take revenge of the humiliation of Bush senior so he attacked Iraq and hanged Saddam.
(Global Perspectives)
Saddam was dictator and a dictator is never good for humanity and his own country. He was a symbol of Sunni-Shiite rivalry in the middle east region. When he was in power, he had ferociously suppressed the post-Gulf War Shiite uprising in the south, using helicopter gunships and tanks to kill an estimated 60,000 people. He got what he deserved and his allies deserved the same.
(Global Perspectives)
Saddam has become martyr for majority of Iraqi people. Saddam's stature has grown since his execution. When people saw the video footage of Saddam's execution and how he answered insults and taunts with disdain. His attitude overshadowed the memories of the massacres and other atrocities committed by him and his allies.
(Global Perspectives)
Of course it would help, all the people in Saddam's death team were murderer. They should be given the same punishment what their boss got - hang by neck till death. There is no question of showing mercy to these murderers.
(Global Perspectives)
Guilty should be brought to justice and that’s the end of debate. Despite the efforts for reconciliation, it still remains as far as ever. Maybe executing those responsible for atrocities in the past would help people in moving on.
(Global Perspectives)
The situation in Iraq is still not under control of US and allies troops. the country is standing on the verge of civil war and the American president is solely responsible for the death of a nation, which has the history of great civilization.
(Global Perspectives)
The whole Iraq episode is a bundle of debatable issues and unanswered questions.
It was started by someone for his own personal interest (of course, under the pretext of a valid reason), and seconded by others who shared similar intentions. Well, this much for that; and the next group consists of those who would never have missed a chance as golden as this - to scratch their old wounds and return the atrocities they had suffered.
So practically, the situation in Iraq is ’anything goes’ (as long as you can cover up your act with a bit of tact).
Considering these points, and adding the fact that Saddam WAS a dictator who was despised by a majority of Iraqis (though his followers and loyals easily outnumber the Saddam-haters), it is a very tough task to tap the real emotions of the different sections of Iraq or and even more difficult to determine it for Iraq as a nation.
Reconciliation is a tough equation for Iraq for days to come. Ironically, compared to the present situation, Iraq was a better place under Saddam’s rule.
It was started by someone for his own personal interest (of course, under the pretext of a valid reason), and seconded by others who shared similar intentions. Well, this much for that; and the next group consists of those who would never have missed a chance as golden as this - to scratch their old wounds and return the atrocities they had suffered.
So practically, the situation in Iraq is ’anything goes’ (as long as you can cover up your act with a bit of tact).
Considering these points, and adding the fact that Saddam WAS a dictator who was despised by a majority of Iraqis (though his followers and loyals easily outnumber the Saddam-haters), it is a very tough task to tap the real emotions of the different sections of Iraq or and even more difficult to determine it for Iraq as a nation.
Reconciliation is a tough equation for Iraq for days to come. Ironically, compared to the present situation, Iraq was a better place under Saddam’s rule.
(Global Perspectives)
Saddam Hussain was an aberration in the history of Iraq. He ruled by ruthless force alone. None of the major communities in the country were allowed to organize themselves politically.
In other words, Saddam used a very crude ’glue’ to hold the country together. The Americans thought that glue was firm and also calculated they could step in Saddam’s place. They were wrong.
Iraq today is in ferment. All the repressed communities are coming to the fore. If Iraq is to be stable, these different groups will have to be accommodated in the new power structure.
The aim is to do that at the earliest. Killing Saddma made the least difference. Killing his mates will hardly cause a ripple. They were always irrelevant to the real Iraq.
In other words, Saddam used a very crude ’glue’ to hold the country together. The Americans thought that glue was firm and also calculated they could step in Saddam’s place. They were wrong.
Iraq today is in ferment. All the repressed communities are coming to the fore. If Iraq is to be stable, these different groups will have to be accommodated in the new power structure.
The aim is to do that at the earliest. Killing Saddma made the least difference. Killing his mates will hardly cause a ripple. They were always irrelevant to the real Iraq.
(Global Perspectives)
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