Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Monday, January 01, 2007
"Leaked" Video
Of Saddam getting his neck stretched.



Was an even more extra-legal event than I had imagined. More like a militia lynching actually. Trust me on this. The way this thing was carried out will not be well accepted in the mostly Sunni Arab world. Digby:
Saddam Hussein is the the man I would have thought was least likely to be turned into a martyr, but damned if they didn't manage to do it. Bush's Law. And here's the great thing about it --- the US, which claims rather unconvincingly that it had no say in this because Iraq is a sovereign country, gets blamed for this right along with the Shi'a government and Moqtada al Sadr. Terrific. Lose, lose for us --- as usual. Heckuva job, Bushie.
Just for info, here's the distribution of Muslims in the world, Sunni vs. Shia (via Digby above):


We absolutely can't seem to do anything right in the Middle East.

Update: If you want to get all the stupid details of how the Iraq "government" works, read this article. Iraq is a mess.
Written at 11:56 AM by Greyhair.
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