Saddam Shmaddam, kill the bastard.

A New York based human rights group and bunch of bleeding heart pacifists called "Human Rights Watch" have come to the defense of Saddam Hussein of all people. The Iraqi court that sentenced Hussein to death this month was flawed and its verdict was unsound, the said on Sunday.

"Serious administrative, procedural and substantive legal defects" prevented the deposed Iraqi dictator from getting a fair trial on charges of crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch says in a 91-page report.

The report describes the court as "an institution struggling with all aspects of conducting these legally and factually complicated trials, beset by external problems: misunderstanding and hostility in public opinion and from political leaders' grave and increasing security threats to all participants."

Three defence lawyers were murdered during the trial, and the first chief judge resigned.

"Under such circumstances," the report concludes, "the soundness of the verdict is questionable. In addition, the imposition of the death penalty — an inherently cruel and inhumane punishment — in the wake of unfair trial is indefensible."

I bet a million bucks they wouldn't feel that way if they had lived in Iraq when Hussein was still the Dictator, especially if they were Kurds, or Shia Muslim.

Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God-101 (what the church doesn't want you to know!) at; www.God-101.com
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