Saddam receives trial..

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Originally Posted by The Stranger

they wont if they continue like that and stop the shi'íts from taking control over there. the people dont want democracy or what they considere the filty western culture (most definitly the shi'its not)

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I am fairly certain that the majority of the Iraqi Shia Muslims do want democracy, ‘western culture’ however, that’s a whole different matter.

Religious fundamentalism is generally less common among the Iraqi Shia Muslims than, say, the Iranian Shia Muslims. And Ayatollah Al-Sistani was imported to keep the hardliners in, well, line.

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Originally Posted by AdrianII

Why frustrated? I heard it was the most clear-cut case (of his personal responsibility, black on white) they had up to date.Wasn't there a 20 minute delay between proceedings and news feed to ensure Saddam could be censored by the Iraqi government?

Please report anything you find remarkable over the coming days or weeks, Faisal.

Shukran :bow:

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Afwan ~:)

Well, nothing much happened as of yet, besides that Saddams lawyer was kidnapped by shiite gunmen or so the news claim, pretty weird.

Also frustration stems from the debates that went on back and forth, a dissapointed Allawi (he said he was in the phone call interview on al arabiya), and a defiant Saddam. Saddam mentioned a few verses from the koran and said a dua'a (can't recall what he said though), could be a subliminal message, things of religious context do fire up muslims ~;p

Also on the censoring, i'm not sure, it wasn't live, so probably the iraqi government were already done with everything before things were broadcasted.

In something slightly related, Sunni protests were fired up after the broadcast, particularily in sunni dominated areas and especially in tekrit, shiite protests as well but anti-saddam. kurdish regions seem quite enough, but things don't look good right now, as it could spark more inter-religious conflict.

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Originally Posted by Dâriûsh

I am fairly certain that the majority of the Iraqi Shia Muslims do want democracy, ‘western culture’ however, that’s a whole different matter.

Religious fundamentalism is generally less common among the Iraqi Shia Muslims than, say, the Iranian Shia Muslims. And Ayatollah Al-Sistani was imported to keep the hardliners in, well, line.

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yup youre right, the iraqi muslims arent the most diehard muslims around though the shi'its are worse from what i've seen/heard/noticed...not that i hate them or have sumthing against them, but if it continues like this,....