hang on, Iraq !!

Iraq's beloved villain (finally!!) rests in peace.

Killing of up to 182,000 kurds in 1988; Gassing 5,000 Kurd civilians in Halabja in 1988; Invasion of Kuwait in 1990; Setting alight 700 oil wells and opening pipelines letting oil pour into the Gulf waters; Crushing the Kurdish and Shia rebellions ; Killing political activists over 30 years; massacre of about 8000 members of the Kurdish Barzani tribe in 1983.....the list goes on. Hanging of Saddam seems a pretty small punishment for the crimes he commited.

Allright ..bad guy caught, defeated, killed. justice delivered. Now whats next..
Although the event was big enough to grab the media attention for some days, this isn't something which is going to have a significant contribution in the restoration of iraq.
Its like " a giant leap for america, a small step for mankind ."

The question that whether his execution was fair or not is something which is of no relevance today.
Saddam is executed but the bigger monster unleashed and nourished by him still lingers - the bitter sectarian divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims. This divide that spells the doom for this country just got deepened by this execution.

Hang on Iraq ! there is much more yet to be done. There still are shias and kurds not satisfied with the execution and some saddam-loving sunnis still lurking out there for a revenge...and a whole lot of clueless american troops on a rampage.

There still lies a tough road ahead to peace...

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