Saddam

[mrph]

So, they've caught him. That's good. If they can give him a fair trial before the eyes of the world, even better.

But still... this is a man who's seemingly spent recent months hiding in a hole in a basement. He's unlikely to be masterminding the current resistance|terrorism in Iraq. He may not even be funding it. Catching him is not going to suddenly - or even gradually - stop that violence.

It's a chance to give the people of Iraq some closure on the old regime - and a chance for justice. It's not going to magically make the new Iraq a better place or haul the occupying powers out of the hole they've been digging for themselves - although it might buy them a little time in which to say "the attacks will dry up any day now, just watch, no really, we mean it this time..."

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[countess-sophia.livejournal.com]

They killed Saddam's sons recently, so presumably they got DNA samples from them which would show whether this chap is their dad.

Soph

[deliberateblank.livejournal.com]

ISTR a story last year/early this year, that his daughters had defected to the states, and they'd taken DNA samples specifically so they could identify Saddam should he ever fall into their custody.