EDITORIAL HUSSEIN'S END FINALLY, JUSTICE FOR SADDAM.NEARLY four years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, justice has come for the despot Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad) President of Iraq (1979–2003). He joined the Ba'th Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. . For a thug who liked to torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. his political opponents, gas his people and attack his neighbors, Hussein's demise -- at the end of a noose -- seems fitting. He won't be missed. Ironically, it was Hussein's own arrogance Arrogance See also Boastfulness, Conceit, Egotism. Artfulness (See CUNNING.) amber traditional symbol of arrogance. [Gem Symbolism: Jobes, 81] Arachne that did him in. In the run-up to the U.S. invasion, he carried on as though he still had weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or , when he didn't -- a bizarre game without which there would have been no war, and Hussein would still be in power. His death no doubt brings some measure of comfort to Iraqis and a small victory to U.S. forces. But even with Saddam gone, the problems in Iraq are likely to persist for a long time to come. |
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