Valor awards to Iraqi soldiers

[ResearchMonkey]

. . . When gunfire struck one Marine in his lower left leg, ICDC Pvts. Kather Nazar Abbas and Imad Abid Zeid Jassim rushed to his aid and dragged him to safety. Both soldiers continued firing at the enemy gunmen while a Navy corpsman treated the wounded Marine . . .

Navy Times

. . . makes ya think they just might pull this Iraqi thing off.

Maybe some of them thar Iraqeez want democracy and feedom.

 

[MrBishop]

This one'll make that difficult, eh?

BAGHDAD, Iraq - [size=-1]The new Iraqi government wants custody of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) and all other prisoners by the time sovereignty is handed over at the end of this month, the interim prime minister said. [/size]





U.S. forces have said they will continue to hold up to 5,000 prisoners believed to be a threat to the coalition even after the June 30 restoration of sovereignty. They say as many as 1,400 detainees will either be released or transferred to Iraqi authorities.



But in an interview with Al-Jazeera television, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Iraqi officials expect to take possession of Saddam and all other detainees with the transfer of power.



"All the detainees will be transferred to the Iraqi authorities and the transporting operation will be done within the two coming weeks," Allawi said. "Saddam and the others will be delivered to the Iraqis."



He said the former Iraqi president would stand trial "as soon as possible" but gave no specific timeframe. The detainees and "Saddam as well will be handed to the Iraqi government, and you can consider this as an official confirmation," he added.

Saddam has been in American custody at an undisclosed location in Iraq (news - web sites) since his capture last December near Tikrit. His status has been under discussion as the formal end of the U.S.-led occupation approaches.


Iraq's interim president, Ghazi al-Yawer, said Tuesday that President Bush (news - web sites) is eager to hand over Saddam, but Iraq must have adequate security guarantees in place before the government can take custody of him.



The Baghdad-based spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross said coalition authorities must file criminal charges against Saddam or let him go when sovereignty is transferred.

The new interim government is trying to assert itself even as Iraqi and U.S. forces struggle to maintain order in Iraq.

 

[ResearchMonkey]

This one'll make that difficult, eh?

Not in the slightest. Such is the nature of international politics

Lets review, shall we?

The fact that Iraqi soldiers are willing to place their lives on the line for the new Iraq, and American liberator, is a promising sign. Not to mention they were firing at outlaw fellow Moozy's, another indication there is resolve to evolve into a free nation.

1/3 of the Iraqi ministries are already working without oversite or intervention of the US. They are fully ran under the new government unabated on this day.

The Iraqi law currently does not allow for the death penalty and that needs to be changed. They will most likely run a few cases ahead of Saddam to make sure the new system works and to build a rock solid case. Once people are faced with the death penalty they are much more likely to strike a deal and rat-out Saddam.

We currently own Saddam. We lost men in the effort to remove him from power. The red-cross can suck rocks.

He will make it to trial, he will be found guilty, he most likely will die, as it should be.