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Offline DREDIOCK

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« on: November 04, 2006, 12:43:58 PM »
Now why hasnt this been bigger news?

One would think this trial would and pending verdict attact greater interest from the media. And population as a whole.

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces drastically tightened security across Baghdad on Friday in advance of Sunday's expected guilty verdict against Saddam Hussein"



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« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2006, 01:11:36 PM »
CNN.com has had it on the front page since yesterday.
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« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2006, 01:13:47 PM »
Now that's what you call "rare".
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« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2006, 02:17:45 PM »
Solution:

Dig deep hole. Place saddumb in hole. Add 1 or 2 grenades minus pins. Cover hole. Problem solved.

Solution was 2/3 there when we found him, darnit.:(
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« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2006, 02:38:15 PM »
Saddam's verdict just happens to be due on the last possible newsday before the US mid term election by some strange coincidence.
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« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2006, 02:50:47 PM »
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CNN.com has had it on the front page since yesterday.


No I mean not just the verdict. But the trial itself.
the flipping runaway bride got and gets more coverage then this
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« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2006, 02:56:21 PM »
The trial did get a lot of coverage... For almost a year CNN.com covered it daily.

Saddam stomps out of courtroom
Saddam refuses to talk
Saddam plays cribbage during trial
Saddam lawyers quit
Saddam lawyers assasinated
Saddam judge quits
Saddam judge brother assasinated

It got old after about a year, so they started hitting only the highlights.  Like when the judge change, or when one of the major lawyers involved had a close relative killed.  You know, the usual stuff over there.

Basically nothing newsworthy has happened since the latest judge swap, except saddam getting kicked out of the courtroom a couple of times, which was duly reported by cnn.com.  Since then, it's been he said she said until today when the verdict will be read.
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« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2006, 06:56:19 PM »
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Saddam's verdict just happens to be due on the last possible newsday before the US mid term election by some strange coincidence.
why would that concern you?
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« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2006, 08:01:36 PM »
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Now why hasnt this been bigger news?

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Because the whole trial has been a farce, its a show trial.

It just goes to show that not all trials should be televised.

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« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2006, 01:40:08 AM »
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why would that concern you?
Because it implies the trial is more about influencing US politics than trying Saddam for his crimes.
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2006, 03:30:19 AM »
He stayed in his cell, we don't get to see his reaction to the death sentence.

The former US attorney general got ejected from the court, for "making fun" of the proceedings.  Does anyone know anything more specific about that?
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« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2006, 03:55:40 AM »
as anyone really care what will happen to this bandit who was found
in a hole holding a bag full of $.
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Offline Fishu

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« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2006, 04:13:11 AM »
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as anyone really care what will happen to this bandit who was found
in a hole holding a bag full of $.


Actually, the hole thing was staged after the actual arrest.
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Offline DiabloTX

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« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2006, 04:23:49 AM »
Guilty and death by hanging.

Dunno...somehow it all seems so anti-climactic.  Kind of like one of debonair's posts.
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« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2006, 04:58:54 AM »
It should be anti-climactic. They deserve no better than to be judged, led out the door to the courtyard and hanged. They are not worthy of too much attention.

Making a show of it would only anger the nutters who love him.
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