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A Bitter Family Saga Is at An End
A Bitter Family Saga Is at An End
A Bitter Family Saga Is at An End
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Shortly thereafter the White
House issued a pre-prepared
written statement: "Today
Saddam Hussein was
executed after receiving a fair
trial - the kind of justice he
denied the victims of his
brutal regime."
The statement, which will not Saddam Hussein tried to get George
be complemented by a HW Bush assassinated
presidential turn for the cameras, betrayed no hint of
gloating or crowing. It went on to say that "bringing Saddam
Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq".
Failed alliance
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dad."
Mafia rule
Bloodletting
But what they were dealing with was not Germany 1945 but
Germany in 1648 emerging from the feudal bloodbath of the
30 years war.
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to plan for a graceful exit.
These days the wrong identity card can get you executed.
This is not the kind of justice that George Bush had in mind.
So now the noose has done its deed the Pentagon is, if
anything, expecting a spike in the sectarian violence.