Saddam Hussein sentenced to death

Saddam Hussein was convicted over the killing of 148 people in revenge for an assassination attempt on him in 1982.
Today it was announced that he will face the death penalty.
BBC News


Saddam Hussein:
148 dead = Death by hanging




George W Bush & Tony Blair's Illegal War:
Iraqi civilians: Estimates from 47,000 (Iraq Body Count) and 655,000 (Lancet, 2006)
Iraqi security forces*: 5,556
US military: 2,812
UK military: 120
Other coalition military: 119
Journalists: 77
*Since June 2003
Source: Brookings Institution

Verdict = Free Men

I can't help thinking that this verdict comes suspiciously close to the mid term elections in the US which take place on the 7th. Will Bush use this to justify his war in Iraq?
I wouldn't put anything past this man.