I would be interested in seeing similar info, but in reverse.

i.e., how much other people/gov'ts/etc. owe the U.S.

I know I put those in to show that no matter what court these cases tend to drag on. Saddam will go on trial more than a year after his capture, and they captured Chemical Ali way before him. Add to that the fact that these trials are far from over and you have the same dillema.

These cases tend to drag on way to long, no matter what the court or system it is held in. That is, as I said, my main beef with the trials like these (should have stated that more clearly)

Ok, but in order for the iraqis to try saddam and his henchmen, they had to construct a government and judicial system first, that takes time, and in less than 2 years looks to be more like a success than a failure. Either way it is happening much earlier than anyone expected. What I'd like to know is if they are going to have saddam rot in a jail cell for a while before they excute him or if they're going to drag him our back and shoot him in the head after his trial.

And those foreign entities are the ones that have bought US treasuries.

i quite enjoyed finding myself referred to as of the noam chomsky school.
it isnt exactly true, but whatever, its pretty funny nonetheless.
i kinda like the underlying affection in it.
not sure where i see it exactly, but somehow i think its there.


edit: at the same time, if you think for a minute that the "iraqi" courts that will eventually try hussein are not american puppet operations, then you are simply deluding yourself. no chomsky required for this conclusion--just have alook at the groundrules for the trial. there is a long article on this in the last le monde diplomatique (novembre 2004)

Of course, one will find no more of an unbiased publication on Planet Earth than from the French publication, Le Monde Diplomatique. Remember the French? The government whose oil companies kicked back money to Saddam Hussein for oil contracts in the U.N. Oil-for-Food debacle? The government that so vociferously protested the overthrow of their good business partner Saddam Hussein?

The only things you're going to get from a large French publication regarding Iraq are distortions and anti-American rhetoric.

Now hold on powerclown, Le Monde Diplomatique has put out some credible reports on bush being a le bag douche, an article on what a good man Arafat was, and an article reminding the world how hypocritical the US is for trying to stop the spread of WMDs, esp. in Asia (N. Korea), when it was the US that actually dropped a couple of nukes way back when. So don't just dismiss an article based on the name of the paper that published it. Thats just not fair. :crazy: