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Saturday, December 30, 2006 12:00 AM

Saddam: The death of a dictator

Through the bumbling of the U.S.-backed regime, justice becomes revenge, and a despot becomes a martyr.
By Juan Cole

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  • Friday, December 29, 2006 08:55 PM

    What about the anfal trial?

    The timing of this execution wasn't just a slap in the face of Iraq's Sunni Arabs but also of its Kurds who will be denied the trial for which they have waited so long.

    PM al-Maliki can be accused of many things but being a shrewd politician or a principled man aren't among those things.

    —No Name Given

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