Hrm, apologies for the piss-poor formatting (or so it appears to me) and lack of subject line in my last post (reproduced below with better formatting (I hope)). I'm stuck using a webmail interface for the time being and I've not quite gotten used to it yet.
Wes Hellman >Tim May wrote: >>So, I expect that even as I write CIA toxins experts are preparing what will >>make Saddam go away the quiet way. Look for him to go "of natural causes" >>before any War Crimes Tribunal can ever actually happen. >Wouldn't that be completely obvious? If Saddam just happened to die of "natural >causes" it seems to me like anyone with half a brain would be able to figure >out what probably happened. Maybe I'm remembering this incorrectly, but I think >that when he was captured they said he was healthy. Regardless of whether or not >that was actually the case, if it is in fact the official position, it seems >like it would create troubles for a "natural death" scenario. >What would seem more likely to me is a Jack Ruby-style assassination. US forces >let Iraqi security escort Saddam from prison to the beginning of his trial, for >a nice photo-op. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, these Iraqi guards are still >adjusting and what have you, so oops, somehow a vengeful individual gets >through and shoots Saddam in front of all the cameras. Sure, we would have >rather had him tried in a just court, but he /did/ make a lot of enemies over >the years, and you know how that works... >Hell, they might not even have to explicitly hire anyone to do it. Just make >sure security is kind of slack and let word of this slip out, and the problem >takes care of itself...