Saddam trial: whose 'demons' are they anyway? by David Chandler

Saddam's fate is today of little relevance to the people of Iraq and, if anything, the proceedings, which will detail the regime's murder and torture of Shias 23 years ago, are likely only to reinforce the country's religious and regional political divide. The Saddam trial has less to do with the Iraqi people overcoming their Saddam past than with the US and Britain distancing themselves from Iraq's post-Saddam present.