The verdict has been announced:
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted “God is great!”
Yes, God is great. But you, Saddam, are not. Naturally, the wingnuts are out again:
Some feared the verdicts could exacerbate the sectarian violence that has pushed the country to the brink of civil war…
Wait a minute…I thought Iraq was already in a civil war. I mean, that’s what they’ve been saying on CNN and BBC for years now.
But this one is the best:
And the former leader’s lawyers have attacked the timing of the planned verdict, which comes days before the US votes in mid-term elections.
 Yes, apparently Saddam’s lawyers read the Daily Kos….
