Talabani Says No to Saddam Execution

I bet that Bush is loving this,

Iraq's new president, Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani said that he opposed the idea of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein being sentenced to death.

"I am among the lawyers who signed an international petition against the death penalty in the world and it would be problem for me if Iraqi courts issued death sentences," he told Asharq Al Awsat newspaper.

In the U.S., something like that would take major courage and resolve for a leader to do. However, Iraq has certainly seen more than its fair share of death and deserves something better than institutionalized murder - something I hope that much of the public will agree with. Plus there is no reason to give Hussein the possibility of martyrdom, especially after his cowardly caprture showed his true colors. Hopefully the U.S. will not put any pressure on Talabani to set Iraq down a path of brutality and barbarism.

Full Article at Gulf Daily News.