SADDAM ESCAPE EXECUTION? A DEAL IN NEW IRAQ?
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
It could be.
There are those saying that a deal is being worked out by which Saddam Hussein could escape execution.
He could get life, but not be put to death. That would mean that by allowing Hussein to live, the Sunnis would be placated. Sunnis held the power under Hussein’s despotic rule. To allow their former dictator to keep on breathing in a jail cell till he died a natural death could bring some of the Sunnis more integrally into the New Iraq politic.
Not so, say others who believe that there is no other answer for the Hussein atrocities but putting him to death.
They consider it logical and just. If it is not seen through, then there could be open rebellion within the politic and out into the grassroots.
What’s going on then in New Iraq concerning the eventual take on Hussein?
According to The Daily Telegraph as reported today by Aljazeera News, "Saddam Hussein could avoid execution under a secret proposal by rebel leaders that Iraq's new administration is ‘seriously considering’, a senior government source said."
Who’s making these deals? It’s reported that Sunni nationalists and those who once were a part of Hussein’s Ba’ath party are having talks with newly formed government officials. If such a deal were sealed, then Sunnis would be more comfortable with what’s going on in New Iraq, it’s reported.
"’We are trying to reach out to the (rebels),’ the source said. ‘We don't expect them to stop fighting unconditionally. Sending Saddam to prison for the rest of his life is not a huge price for us to pay, but it will save them a lot of face.’"
However, the question arises as to whether or not those Sunnis in on the talks are really the ones influencing the larger Sunni population. Could a deal be made to keep Hussein alive for life and yet not appease the Sunni larger population? Could be. In other words, a deal could still not accomplish what it is intended to accomplish. But once a deal is sealed, presumably it’s sealed forever and the New Iraq will have to live with it.
It is reported that "Jalal Talabani, Iraq's new president, has already begun to prepare his people for a possible reprieve."
Asharq al-Awsat, the Kurdish president, has informed media that he is against dealing out a death sentence. In other words, he has a philosophical opposition to handing out death sentences to anyone.
In fact, he told a pan-Arab newsfeed: "’I am among the lawyers who signed an international petition against the death penalty around the world and it would be a problem for me if Iraqi courts issued death sentences.’"
Tell that to Nawzad Othman, a greengrocer. His brother was slain in 1988. He was one of the 5,000 Kurds put to death in Halabja under the Hussein blood letting. Othman states emphatically: "Anything but death for Saddam would be a travesty of justice...(he) cannot be allowed to live.’" The Kurds agree with that position, almost to a man.
Stay tuned.
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It could be.
There are those saying that a deal is being worked out by which Saddam Hussein could escape execution.
He could get life, but not be put to death. That would mean that by allowing Hussein to live, the Sunnis would be placated. Sunnis held the power under Hussein’s despotic rule. To allow their former dictator to keep on breathing in a jail cell till he died a natural death could bring some of the Sunnis more integrally into the New Iraq politic.
Not so, say others who believe that there is no other answer for the Hussein atrocities but putting him to death.
They consider it logical and just. If it is not seen through, then there could be open rebellion within the politic and out into the grassroots.
What’s going on then in New Iraq concerning the eventual take on Hussein?
According to The Daily Telegraph as reported today by Aljazeera News, "Saddam Hussein could avoid execution under a secret proposal by rebel leaders that Iraq's new administration is ‘seriously considering’, a senior government source said."
Who’s making these deals? It’s reported that Sunni nationalists and those who once were a part of Hussein’s Ba’ath party are having talks with newly formed government officials. If such a deal were sealed, then Sunnis would be more comfortable with what’s going on in New Iraq, it’s reported.
"’We are trying to reach out to the (rebels),’ the source said. ‘We don't expect them to stop fighting unconditionally. Sending Saddam to prison for the rest of his life is not a huge price for us to pay, but it will save them a lot of face.’"
However, the question arises as to whether or not those Sunnis in on the talks are really the ones influencing the larger Sunni population. Could a deal be made to keep Hussein alive for life and yet not appease the Sunni larger population? Could be. In other words, a deal could still not accomplish what it is intended to accomplish. But once a deal is sealed, presumably it’s sealed forever and the New Iraq will have to live with it.
It is reported that "Jalal Talabani, Iraq's new president, has already begun to prepare his people for a possible reprieve."
Asharq al-Awsat, the Kurdish president, has informed media that he is against dealing out a death sentence. In other words, he has a philosophical opposition to handing out death sentences to anyone.
In fact, he told a pan-Arab newsfeed: "’I am among the lawyers who signed an international petition against the death penalty around the world and it would be a problem for me if Iraqi courts issued death sentences.’"
Tell that to Nawzad Othman, a greengrocer. His brother was slain in 1988. He was one of the 5,000 Kurds put to death in Halabja under the Hussein blood letting. Othman states emphatically: "Anything but death for Saddam would be a travesty of justice...(he) cannot be allowed to live.’" The Kurds agree with that position, almost to a man.
Stay tuned.
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