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Iraq
Saddam lawyer warns against issuing death sentence
2006-11-02
If Saddam Hussein is condemned to death when the verdict in his first trial is handed down next week, it would "open the gates of hell" to US forces in Iraq, a lawyer for the deposed president said Wednesday. Bushra al-Khalil, a Lebanese lawyer who was thrown out of Saddam's trial in May, also accused US President George W. Bush of exploiting Saddam's expected death sentence for "electoral purposes."

If convicted, Saddam could be condemned to death by hanging, but he will have the right to appeal. "A death sentence against Saddam Hussein will have grave consequences," al-Khalil told reporters. "It will lead to a major security flare-up in Iraq and to stepped up attacks on the US Army."
Posted by:Fred

#10  'Ode to a Splodeydope's Plaque*'
by Al-Aska Paul

An Iraqi mean man named Saddam
Could only be loved by his mom
If one asked for a pardon
His arteries would harden
And his heart would blow up like a bomb

[/applause] thank you Paul!

Moderators historical note: Amongst ancient Mesopotamian Drs. the tune is ketchingly kalled:

*Ode to the Big Kaboom from the Heart caused by deposits of fatty material on the inner lining of an arterial wall, characteristic of atherosclerosis .

/have fun RBees, ima off to do Battle at the job site!
Posted by: RD   2006-11-02 12:32  

#9  Shoulda shot his sorry ass in his hole.

Now the Romanians, THEY knew how to handle a deposed dictator...
Posted by: mojo   2006-11-02 12:19  

#8  An Iraqi mean man named Saddam
Could only be loved by his mom
If one asked for a pardon
His arteries would harden
And his heart would blow up like a bomb
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-11-02 11:40  

#7  BTW, since the start of this trial, how many of Saddam's lawyers have been 'offed'?
Posted by: Procopius2K   2006-11-02 10:19  

#6  Hmm, it scans, but is missing a weather/seasonal allusion. Not quite a haiku. Might I suggest:

Desert heat cooling
And the swaying promise of
His dangling corpse.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2006-11-02 09:48  

#5  How about sentencing him to run from say Basra to Kirkuk? If he can make it without succumbing to the love of the locals he can go free. Think "The Naked Prey".
Posted by: bruce   2006-11-02 08:51  

#4  It's been a while since we've had poetry here. Well written, Hyper -- gorgeous juxtaposition of alpha and omega images reflecting from the individual to the universal and back again.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-11-02 08:30  

#3  "A death sentence against Saddam Hussein will have a gravefor the consequences," FIXED IT!
Posted by: USN,Ret   2006-11-02 00:48  

#2  And by the way, I might just have to have that "Ranger Up" tee shirt ad tattood on the inside of my eye lids!
Posted by: Hyper   2006-11-02 00:32  

#1  "A death sentence against Saddam Hussein will have grave consequences..."

Well then, how 'bout a death haiku?

Poor al Tikriti
CivilizationÂ’s cradle
Grave of your carcass

Hang him first, then announce the sentence and appeal date.
Posted by: Hyper   2006-11-02 00:29  

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