no i dont think so becuase american soldiers founde him so he should be on trial in america

it probably doesn't matter what kind of trial he gets, as the end result will likely be the same.

no i dont think so becuase american soldiers founde him so he should be on trial in america

Nicely put.

However there was an Inernational coallition formed to depose him and using international justice to try him might prevent some accusations of bias towards the new regime in Iraq and make him less of a martyr.

It might reduce some of the Americo-centricism about the whole situation too.

They should just stick him in the electric chair

I dont see why not. I dont think he'll get a fair trial either way though.

why shouldn't he get an international trial? It's not as if the new Iraqi system is exactly neutral.

I agree with glenn.

Let some other country hang him - we don't need more international aggravation to be cleaned up later....

of course he should get an international trial. For one thing he didn't commit the genocide against Americans and as boredu pointed out he is likely to become more of a martyr if the government America installed judges him. Everybody should get justice otherwise there is no point in having it in the first place.

I think ideally, he should be tried by the Iraqi people as that's who his crimes affected the most. However, that's not what would really happen if he's tried in Iraq so probably an international trial would be more just. Or at least more politically correct anyway.

to quote my father, "I think they should take him to a public place, force him to his knees and put a bullet in his brain. Then they should hang him upside down and let the people beat his body to a pulp like they did with Mussolini."

Not really my opinion on the matter but still an interesting one :P

haha, that "royal" picture looks kinda like my mom's living room

At first i thought it'd be more fair to leave him to the Iraqis, but now I think he should be tried on an international level. What's certain is it's not for us to whooly try ot punish him. Did anyone see those New Yorkers on the news "harharhar drop him off in Jersey harhar we'll take care of him." Those people don't feel a fraction of what those in Iraq feel towards him.

Actually, I have been in favor of a more direct trial:

Tie him to a stake in central Bahgdad. If he is stoned by the citizens, he is guilty and deserving of death. If they spare him, he is free to go about his business. No stones shall be provided, nor shall people be advised to throw them, but no one shall be hindered from throwing them if the urge strikes them.

Personally, i think all dispossed political figures should be dealt with this way.

let the Iraqis decide where he should be tried.

He should be tried under the rules of the Geneva Convention and no other. It matters not who found him or who formed a coalition to hunt for him. Anything other than a completely fair trial adhered to by agreed international rules would be nothing short of a mockery. It would make the whole Iraq War just seem like a witch hunt.

No, He should have his head chopped off on live television.

I agree with OzArcher and Boredofu. Best to do the trial according to international law...less likely to make him a martyr, and more likely to have the results accepted by the Iraqi people and the international community.

He broke his own laws, why not just try under Iraqi law, since that's where he is.

since the laws he's accused of breaking are international laws regarding human rights, he should be tried by the united nations.

In an Iraqi court, Saddam hears charges and scoffs

Judge tells Saddam to hold questions

Yeah, it's fair.

I may be wrong here, but I believe there is no capital punishment in international trials, and thats why it was pushed so hard by his family.

Again, I may be wrong on that.

He should be put into so much pain that he begs to die!