Saddam's hanging

I'm not sorry to see the man go, but I think that the Kurds were seriously gypped out of their day in court - Saddam's trial for gassing 10,000 Kurds was just beginning and now the defendant is dead. Sort of like Ken Lay. I'm sure the families of the victims in the trial that just took place are happy that justice was served, but how could there be such a need for speedy execution that the suits of Saddam's many other victims were ignored?