OK!! So it all started with those two planes crashing into WTC 1 & 2 but WTC 7 mysteriously came down, crashing on it's own. Various attempts by American public to seek justification of WTC7 implosion, have met with utter contempt and indignation by the administration but that's another story. Once there was even a commission setup under Henry Kissinger to investigate the causes but equally mysteriously that was also disbanded a few months later as families of 9-11 victims expressed their distrust in integrity of this man (HK). Nothing of this commission has ever been heard again.
Soon, there was this talk about Bin Laden hiding in Tora Bora and Bush said that "we're gonna smoke him out.." pure texas style. Osama became the most hated but most powerful character in history of mankind. Superpower went behind this guy and his sleeper cells with all it's military might. Ex imperial power (Tony Blair) wagged along.
Then somewhere down the line talk about putting Baghdad population to "Shock and Awe" strategy came to fore and Saddam was said to possess WMD.
Shock and Awe happened and Saddam did not use any of his WMDs, neither were they found. He was later found (gassed) inside a cat hole, tried for killing 150 shias (mind you....not for using chemical weapons against Iran, Kurds or invading Kuwait) and now executed. He was sent as a sacrifice to God, symbolically, on the dawn of the Eid day.
The very act of hanging Saddam on Eid Day where Muslims slaughter a sheep to feed poor and hungry and seek blessings from Almighty is nothing but 'psychological warfare' on Muslims hearts and minds, played by US/UK combine along with their military.
In a nutshell, Muslims slaughter a sheep on this day in order to simulate Abraham(pbuh) acting upon his dream of God Almighty asking him to sacrifice his most beloved possession in the way of God. He kept seeing the same dream despite giving away his wealth/sheeps and camels until he decided that nothing is left with him that's more dearer than his only son, Ismael. So off he went to sacrifice him and God instead, miraculously replaced ismael with a sheep, whom he slaughtered while his eyes were closed for he could not see the blood pouring out of his own son. That's the story for you guys, just in case you wanted to know...
And No!!! Executing Saddam on the day of Eid is not about disregard to Muslim sensitivities but provocation in it's worst form. Something, which would make every moderate (majority) Muslim believe in what Osama and Saddam maintained all this while, that this war, is about, war between Christianity/Zionism trying to subjugate/steal everything that's dear to Islam Muslims. Roll back, whatever little progress they have done and keep them forever entrenched in medieval ages..and quite frankly, with inner sectarian hatred to exploit, it's not an uphill task at all.
I wont say that Saddam was a saint but even after being, hanged Saddam had won this war as Bush family's two generations couldn't bring him down or his regime by democratic and fair means. Bush will continue to play dirty game all over the world and keep killing thousands of innocent civilians in the name of this phony 'War on terror (nee) Muslims'.
Saddam showed dignity in the face of death. I wonder, how many of us are capable of doing it. In his final days he was reported to have said: "I am in prison but the knights outside will liberate the country. I call on all Iraqis, Arabs and Kurds, to forgive, reconcile and shake
hands."
Saddam was a case of an Arab puppet gone "out of hand", others are still in US kitty though.
That's the only reason America invaded, captured, tried and executed him. He was no more a 'criminal' than those who equipped him to commit those crimes, rather, they are no less a criminal. He wouldn't do as he was told, so he had to go. Welcome to the modern world. I wonder who would be found guilty of 9/11 if they were tried in the same way? This was no trial, it was 12 months of finger pointing in the vain and arrogant hope it would justify an absolute mess.
The civilized imperative for fair and humane treatment of alleged POW's brooks no exceptions. Direct U.S. involvement in felling Saddam’s statue following the military/prisoners/innocents rape of Iraq, the public viewing of Saddam being examined medically after capture, pictures of him in innerwear when under U. S. custody, and the circumstances of his execution, will remain as a collective blot on the modern world for posterity. They say they have filmed his final moments on camera and would take it to people's bedrooms, some time later. That would be nauseating. Spare us with those grisly images please as yet...they were only the prerogative of those who wanted to see them on Internet.
Where is the 'civilized' world leading to?
Nearly 3000 UK and US troops dead. At a conservative estimate over 100,000 Iraqis dead. All for what purpose?
Well, Bush and Blair have got what they wanted - Saddam is silenced forever and Tariq Aziz (remember, that Christian confidante in Saddam's cabinet), lays well entrenched in Washington's corridors. Out of sight and out of mind.
But the stink of the illegal invasion of Iraq and the 100,000s innocents killed won't be erased with Saddam.
Saddam has but Bush and Blair must pay the price of THEIR crimes too. Their crimes are crimes against humanity...unlike Saddam, who is hanged for charges of committing crimes against his own people.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Friday, December 29, 2006
Saddams murder and beyond
If the American-controlled government of Iraq executes former dictator Saddam Hussein, it will add to the growing evidence that American behavior in Iraq has been illegal and even criminal in nature.
But it will also send a chilling message to any government that seeks to control its own destiny that if they cross the United States, they could become victims of an international rule violated by America.
At issue is whether or not as a leader of a country, Saddam had the right to execute individuals engaged in sedition against his regime, which at one time was backed by the United States. Saddam never denied executing the insurgents who tried to topple his government, claiming he had that right. He may well be guilty of criminal behavior, but the failure to prosecute those crimes legally and under international rules of law will only expose American hypocrisies.
They all did it. Victors since times we now term as 'medieval', have vanquished the losers.
But under this phony, unjust and illegal criminal court system in our 'civilized times, in occupied Baghdad, finding Saddam guilty of committing war crimes would also justify prosecuting President George W. Bush, disgraced former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney for war crimes too.
They stand guilty, based on the same principles bastardized by the US-controlled kangaroo court of the current Iraqi regime, of the crimes of American soldiers who have engaged in the murder of innocent Iraqis during this illegal war.
American soldiers are being prosecuted in some rare instances where the weight of the evidence (unfortunately coming from all sources but US government) is so overwhelming that the American occupatiers cannot deny those charges. But rather than prosecuting the soldiers, Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney should face court-martial.
One must not forget that the illegal invasion of Iraq began when Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney ordered the murder of members of Saddam’s family on March 19, 2003. His two sons, grandson and other relatives were killed in an unprovoked air strike by American fighter jets ordered by the guilty American trio.
A judge who might have ruled against the death penalty was capriciously and illegal removed from the court by the American-controlled government.
The reason they want to rush to execute Saddam is so that Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney can protect themselves, hoping that the death of an unpopular dictator the US helped arm and train might disappear after they leave office.
This scenario of prosecuting Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney for war crimes in Iraq is not that far-fetched and goes far beyond political rhetoric.
There is also an underlying message in the dictate of the American-controlled court ruling that the Arab and Islamic worlds should carefully examine. It is a simple and dangerous message.
If the United States can murder the leader of another nation, regardless of how unpopular he might have been, the reality is that the United States can, at any time, invade any of the other Arab and Muslim countries, too.
And, they can murder the individuals they accuse of crimes without ever prosecuting those fabricated or exaggerated accusations in a court of law.
If Bush can murder Saddam, then he has the power to assassinate the leader of any nation, a practice that was abandoned years ago and only revived under this administration taking it's cue from it's own bartardized zionist regime in the Middle East..
Remember, in the past, American goverments have engaged and conspired in the murder of democratically elected leaders including in Iran where they backed the Shah of Iran and organized a coup to replace a democratically elected leader who was critical of American foreign policy.
The American-anointed Shah went on to become one of the most ruthless murderers of our time, killing, imprisoning and torturing thousands of Iranian civilians, all while the United States looked the other way.
The CIA was engaged in a plan to murder Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende. Despite the evidence, the CIA has argued that it decommissioned the murder plot before Allende killed himself.
The list of war crimes by the United States exceeds the hyped up charges against Saddam.
Forget about the international violations of laws being committed by American soldiers who have been ordered to ignore the Fourth Geneva Convention, a practice that might come to haunt American soldiers who might be captured by an enemy in some future war.
The very torture justified against the thousands of prisoners being held in American prisons will be used against our own soldiers. The precedent has been set by Bush, and that precedent also bolsters a war crimes prosecution against the Bush administration.
Saddam’s life should be spared and he should only be put on trial before the International Criminal Court at The Hague. That court is the only international judicial body that has jurisdiction over heads of state. The Hague is where war crimes were properly prosecuted against Slobodan Milosevic and others.
But Bush knows that if the case of Saddam were to go to The Hague, he might be acquitted of the trumped up political charges, and instead, war crimes charges could easily be brought against Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney.
That fear is what is driving an otherwise constitutional American democracy to flee the umbrella of the international rule of law, which will never go away and will one day return to haunt this country.
In the end, in executing Saddam, President Bush will be murdering international justice and making an unprecedented mockery of the international rule of law.
-Ray H
But it will also send a chilling message to any government that seeks to control its own destiny that if they cross the United States, they could become victims of an international rule violated by America.
At issue is whether or not as a leader of a country, Saddam had the right to execute individuals engaged in sedition against his regime, which at one time was backed by the United States. Saddam never denied executing the insurgents who tried to topple his government, claiming he had that right. He may well be guilty of criminal behavior, but the failure to prosecute those crimes legally and under international rules of law will only expose American hypocrisies.
They all did it. Victors since times we now term as 'medieval', have vanquished the losers.
But under this phony, unjust and illegal criminal court system in our 'civilized times, in occupied Baghdad, finding Saddam guilty of committing war crimes would also justify prosecuting President George W. Bush, disgraced former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney for war crimes too.
They stand guilty, based on the same principles bastardized by the US-controlled kangaroo court of the current Iraqi regime, of the crimes of American soldiers who have engaged in the murder of innocent Iraqis during this illegal war.
American soldiers are being prosecuted in some rare instances where the weight of the evidence (unfortunately coming from all sources but US government) is so overwhelming that the American occupatiers cannot deny those charges. But rather than prosecuting the soldiers, Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney should face court-martial.
One must not forget that the illegal invasion of Iraq began when Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney ordered the murder of members of Saddam’s family on March 19, 2003. His two sons, grandson and other relatives were killed in an unprovoked air strike by American fighter jets ordered by the guilty American trio.
A judge who might have ruled against the death penalty was capriciously and illegal removed from the court by the American-controlled government.
The reason they want to rush to execute Saddam is so that Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney can protect themselves, hoping that the death of an unpopular dictator the US helped arm and train might disappear after they leave office.
This scenario of prosecuting Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney for war crimes in Iraq is not that far-fetched and goes far beyond political rhetoric.
There is also an underlying message in the dictate of the American-controlled court ruling that the Arab and Islamic worlds should carefully examine. It is a simple and dangerous message.
If the United States can murder the leader of another nation, regardless of how unpopular he might have been, the reality is that the United States can, at any time, invade any of the other Arab and Muslim countries, too.
And, they can murder the individuals they accuse of crimes without ever prosecuting those fabricated or exaggerated accusations in a court of law.
If Bush can murder Saddam, then he has the power to assassinate the leader of any nation, a practice that was abandoned years ago and only revived under this administration taking it's cue from it's own bartardized zionist regime in the Middle East..
Remember, in the past, American goverments have engaged and conspired in the murder of democratically elected leaders including in Iran where they backed the Shah of Iran and organized a coup to replace a democratically elected leader who was critical of American foreign policy.
The American-anointed Shah went on to become one of the most ruthless murderers of our time, killing, imprisoning and torturing thousands of Iranian civilians, all while the United States looked the other way.
The CIA was engaged in a plan to murder Chile’s democratically elected president, Salvador Allende. Despite the evidence, the CIA has argued that it decommissioned the murder plot before Allende killed himself.
The list of war crimes by the United States exceeds the hyped up charges against Saddam.
Forget about the international violations of laws being committed by American soldiers who have been ordered to ignore the Fourth Geneva Convention, a practice that might come to haunt American soldiers who might be captured by an enemy in some future war.
The very torture justified against the thousands of prisoners being held in American prisons will be used against our own soldiers. The precedent has been set by Bush, and that precedent also bolsters a war crimes prosecution against the Bush administration.
Saddam’s life should be spared and he should only be put on trial before the International Criminal Court at The Hague. That court is the only international judicial body that has jurisdiction over heads of state. The Hague is where war crimes were properly prosecuted against Slobodan Milosevic and others.
But Bush knows that if the case of Saddam were to go to The Hague, he might be acquitted of the trumped up political charges, and instead, war crimes charges could easily be brought against Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney.
That fear is what is driving an otherwise constitutional American democracy to flee the umbrella of the international rule of law, which will never go away and will one day return to haunt this country.
In the end, in executing Saddam, President Bush will be murdering international justice and making an unprecedented mockery of the international rule of law.
-Ray H
