Under international law: When a country is at war. The occupation force has the authority and responsibility as the governing power. In the case of Iraq, it is a sovereign state under international law. However, it is still questionable even after the Iraqi elections. The United States is the governing power as the occupying force and bares all responsibility for the warfare and security of its people.
This has bought us full circle to the hanging execution of a tyrant. Saddam Hussein did hang on December 30, 2006 at 0610 AM Baghdad time. As to accountability, the U.S. military apprehended, held in captivity, control and facilitate the demise of Saddam Hussein.
No one begrudge the demise of Hussein meeting his fate. Normally, these prosecutions does takes place after a war when war trials are conduct and judgment is render fairly under the auspice of an international tribunal. “Vengeance belongeth unto me,” saith the Lord (Heb. 10:30). If what I saw and heard on video tape is true, it may cause unforeseen repercussion. We have still Americans troops in harms way. In the eyes of the Arab and Muslim world, the U.S. will henceforth seem as culpable in this execution.
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