Prosecutor Demands Death Penalty in Hussein Show Trial, notes David Walsh

The prosecution in the trial of Saddam Hussein has demanded the execution of the former president, along with three other top officials, for his part in the 1982 repression of Iraqis—including torture and killings—whose sole crime was opposing the Baghdad regime. The denouement of the case is taking place while the US is engaged in mass repression of Iraqis—including torture and killings—whose sole crime has been resisting the occupying forces and their puppet government.

This elementary reality exposes the hypocrisy and fraudulent nature of the legal proceeding. http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/jun2006/huss-j22.shtml