Too bad US foreign policy is also run by a no-brainer....
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-12-27T120019Z_01_KHA724852_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-SADDAM-REACTION.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C2_worldNews-1This is a just sentence because Saddam oppressed the Iraqi people but I think it came at the wrong time because we're living through a cycle of violence," said Baghdad resident Mohammed Nasir.
Edward Iskander, a 37-year-old shopkeeper, agreed.
"I just hope they let him die naturally because if we execute him, his followers will unleash mayhem," Iskander said as he opened his small food store in central Baghdad's Karrada district.
Some people fear Saddam's die-hard followers, who form part of the Sunni Arab insurgency, will produce a bloody backlash if he is executed. But others say his death will end their hopes and their fight.
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Baath party threatens to retaliate
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061227/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_saddam_verdict_1AMMAN, Jordan - Saddam Hussein's Baath Party threatened Wednesday to retaliate if the ousted Iraqi leader is executed, warning in an Internet posting it would target U.S. interests anywhere.
The statement appeared on a Web site known to represent the party, which was disbanded after U.S.-led forces overthrew Saddam in 2003. The site is believed to be run from Yemen, where several exiled Baathists are based.
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"Our party warns again of the consequences of executing Mr. President and his comrades," the statement said.
"The Baath and the resistance are determined to retaliate, with all means and everywhere, to harm America and its interests if it commits this crime," the statement added, referring to Baath fighters as "the resistance."
"The American administration will be held responsible for any harm inflicted on the president because the United States is the decision-maker (in Iraq) and not the puppet Iraqi government."