Saddam Hussein Executed

Saddam Hussein was this morning executed via a sham trial . See this opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declaring the "trial" a violation of international law.

Of course the real tragedy here is not the death of a mass murderer, but the fact that he was not fully and properly tried and held to account for all of his crimes. What's particularly galling is that the "trial" was effected by those who had been complicit in the dictator's worst atrocities. The victims deserve better than this.