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The New Hero of the Media

"This is all a theatre," Saddam said with a half-smile. "The real criminal is Bush."

Now, how did he manage to get to a F-911* premier?

CNN There was some concern that Saddam might use this as a political platform. That didn't really happen.

"The real criminal is Bush." -- Thank Allah he didn't go political . . .

Radio Free Europe CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour, one of a group of Western journalists present in the courtroom, described the former absolute ruler as a "shadow of his former self" and in a weakened physical state after six months in prison.

Awww. What? No panties on his head? I'm sure that "weakened physical state" had nuttin' to do with being a paranoid on the run, moving every 2-3 hours for 10 months ending up living in a hole in the ground. [somebody cluebat this woman...] [and knock off the silly accent]

"Saddam Hussein was alternately downcast and combative. Occasionally, in a hoarse voice -- his voice is hoarse -- he jabbed his finger at the judge, he asked whose jurisdiction this was. He kept claiming to still be the president of Iraq," Amanpour said.

Isn't that sad? The poor man appears to be a little out of touch with reality . . . unlike before The creepy bits:

CNN And then toward the end, he was asked whether he could afford counsel, whether he had any legal counsel, at which point, he looked around and with a sort of half smile said, "But everybody says, the Americans say I have millions of dollars stashed in Geneva. Why shouldn't I be able to afford a lawyer?"

CNN He also referred to the accusation of gassing Kurds at Halabja. "I heard about that on the television reports, saying it happened during the rule of President Saddam Hussein," he told the judge.

In an interview with

CNN, Feisal al-Istrabadi, the principal drafter of the transitional administrative law, was asked about the availability of war crime evidence if Saddam didn't sign documents approving the actions he is suspected of spearheading.

Ya wanna run that one by me again? So, if, according to the laws of Iraq written by Saddam an invasion is illegal, he can't be prosecuted for, oh say, feeding people through a chipper/shredder? Yeah. okey-dokey.

But some other [Iraqi] people view Hussein as a victim of the United States. One resident, Ali, told our correspondent in Baghdad that his family wasn't mistreated during the former regime and that Hussein should be forgiven in the interest of national reconciliation. "Yes, we can forgive [Hussein]. The man did nothing to the Iraqis. We can give him a new start and forgive him. We don't have anything against him," Ali said

Spend a lotta time in Vienna, Ali? A whole lotta time? Tim Hughes and Ramsey Clark are the first members of what I hope will come to be called The Nightmare Team for this, the newest [*cue echo voice*] Trial Of The Century ry ry ry. *F-911 -- a filim by War Profiteer Michael Moore

1. “There was some concern that Saddam might use this as a political platform. That didn’t really happen.”

   Well, it’s not “politically motivated” if it’s not Bush-bashing.  Right?  ;)

   [side note, you left an open tag in this article.  I’m just sayin’.]

   Posted by ben  on  07/01/04  at  08:38 AM

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