They turned it into a religious execution, rather than criminal.
SADDAM’S HANGING -- UNCUT
Sometimes one wonders how Bush & Co. can screw up the most elemental things so badly.
Americans will die in the backlash no matter what, and to have allowed this exectuion to fuel the religious hostilities in Iraq is inexcusable.
The guy deserved to die. Anyone who kills civilians needlessly deserves to die, right? And it could be done right!
Arf