An Inconvenient Truth
Andrew Cockburn : Iraq
In 1988 US officials helped disguise Saddam's chemical attack on Halabja. But when it came time to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they acted outraged.
2007
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The Saddam Spectacle
Bruce Shapiro : International Criminal Court/War Crimes Tribunals
A videotaped hanging does not bring justice to Saddam's victims, living or dead.
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An Act of Barbarism
Robert Scheer : Iraq War
Someone has to say it: The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an act of barbarism that mocks all of Bush's posturing on Iraq.
2006
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The Consequences of Killing Saddam
More violence, waning chances for reconciliation and a trove of secrets taken to the grave.
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Rule of Noose
Justice and reconciliation for the victims of Saddam Hussein will not be found at the end of a hangman's rope.
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Bush's Rough Justice
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein's trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America's history of support for the tyrant.
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Questionable Verdict
Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Administration's illegal war in Iraq. As the milestones pile up, so do the bodies.
2005
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Bush's Iraq Outdoes Saddam
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Ethnic cleansing, chemical weapons, self-appointed executioners: Sound familiar? The US occupation in Iraq has created conditions just as bad--if not worse--than Saddam Hussein's ruthless regime. And the increasingly isolated George W. Bush insists on staying the course.
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Deadline for Saddam
Saddam Hussein went to trial on Wednesday declaring he was still the president of Iraq. A decade-old series of odes to Hussein's dictatorial days show the tyrant was always out of touch with reality.
2004
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Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
Hussein's trial is shaping up as just US theatrics.
2003
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US to Hussein: WMD A-OK
Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy
New documents detail how Rumsfeld and Reagan let Iraq know it was just fine to keep using chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds.
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We Got Him...Now What?
The capture of Saddam Hussein is being treated as a celebratory occasion, but it is one that the Bush Administration might come to regret.
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