American trials and errors in Iraq by Linda S. Heard

The expedited trials of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his top aides are likely to be a political sham judging by the way the interim Iraqi government and its American master have broken rules, ignored Geneva Conventions and prejudged the trials' outcomes.

Indeed, why do they bother with tribunals at all when Iraq's Defence Minister Hazim Sha'alan has already announced the execution of Saddam for killing his own people, and George W. Bush indicated during a press conference following the dictator's capture that he deserves the death penalty?