Posted on 09/19/2004 2:30:26 PM PDT by areafiftyone
SADDAM Hussein is planning to stand in elections to reclaim the Iraqi presidency from his jail cell.
The former tyrant - captured in an underground bunker last year - has told advisers that he wants his name on the ballot paper for the January elections.
His legal team were only granted access to the former leader last week, nine months after he was caught.
Hussein, 67, who is no longer in Iraq but in a secret location, has said he is determined to stand as President and put up candidates from his old Ba'ath Party. His lawyer Giovanni di Stefano said there was no chance of his client being tried before the January elections as the Interim Government had hoped.
"It is the intention of his excellency President Saddam Hussein not only to candidate members of the Ba'ath Party in the January elections but to candidate himself as President. Nothing in international law or international jurisprudence precludes that.
Mr di Stefano, who said that Hussein has still not been charged, added: "In light of the worsening situation in Iraq, the instability and lack of leadership it is probable that he would have a majority vote more than sufficient to restore him to the rightful President of Iraq.
"In the last elections he received 98 per cent of the vote and in a recent poll conducted by Gallup on behalf of the state 40 per cent of those polled voted for Saddam to be executed and 42 per cent elected for him to be reinstated as President.
"That was five months ago."
I guess it's time to turn him over for execution.
And quickly. I would be more than happy to oblige!
He and Rather deserve each other....and, while you're at it...throw Castro into the mix of senile 'ol men, still believing they have an impact on their world--when it's simply a world they've created in their minds.
HOW is it that he is able to say anything publically AT ALL?
As a matter of fact, WHY does he continue to breathe?
Don't forget Kim Jong-il.
LOL...now that's a "divided electorate!"
Absolutely. If they elect him, we leave.
He is probably talking thru his lawyers. He has so many of them and most of them are in Europe.
If he ran for governor of the Sunni Triangle, I think he would win. That is the kind of people we are trying to impose good government on.
I agree. If they do that FORGET IRAQ! Then those people are hopeless and don't deserve freedom.
There's another thing.
I don't get why he has lawyers.
It's not like he's a US citizen and has constitutional right.....
Hold a military tribunal and shoot him.
I say sure. We can even help him campaign in Sadr City, we can call for a big campaign rally and then give him a ride down there and set him loose with a satellite locator and then pick up in a few hourse after his campaign visit is over.
I think it is because we are helping set up a justice system in Iraq.
He could hire Carville and Begala.
John Kerry has already endorsed Saddam for Iraqi President.
I'd feel better if we waited to do that AFTER Saddam had suffered a SMEF
( Sudden Massive Existance Failure)
The Democrats are thinking about replacing Kerry?
Sounds like Bush's numbers in San Francisco.
Heh, like that really worked for Milosevic and his Parliament seat.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,106919,00.html
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