Saddam Hussein has become history. The dictator who ruled over Iraq for a long 20 years and more, had to die in the hands of those who saved him in 1959 when he was sentenced to death for trying to kill General Abdul Karim Quazimi.

The American sponsored military operation to topple then govt left the twenty two year old Saddam badly wounded by a bullet. It was the C.I.A who helped him to flee to Egypt. There on Saddam and the govt led by him became a tool of the American govt. Ironically in Saddam’s case the hand destroyed the tool, he was sentenced to death by the dummy Iraqi govt for killing 148 Shias from the town of Dujail in 1982; time has strange ways of revenge.

The present govt of Iraq, a mere rubber stamp of the American govt believed that their political interest will be served if the deposed dictator was liquidated at the earliest. They ended his story on a the holy Bakrid day ignoring the feelings of the Muslims worldwide. The prime minister Nouri-al-Maliki who was already struggling for the leadership of Shias with the supreme council of Islamic revolution in Iraq saw it as a chance to pose himself as the avenger of his community and thus gaining their admiration.

The execution was not at all a surprise, the entire process from the outset was designed to produce only one outcome. The hurried killing is suspected widely to be in the interest of the American govt who feared that if the trial is to be conducted further, their involvement in many crimes alleged against Hussein would be exposed. The conduct of the trial was a mockery of the justice on several counts. The trial judge who delivered the verdict was very much biased, the defense was not given enough time to prepare, not permitted to examine its witnesses, and were also not allowed to present its closing statement. Three defense lawyers were killed during the course of trial.

Saddam Husein  was no saint he was of-course a brutal dictator who deserved the punishment but the disgraceful trial process set in motion by the U.S is seen as a serious threat to International peace and justice. Being an economical and military superpower is a very good thing but using it to run the world the way one wants is asking for trouble which the U.S will soon realize. Killing of Saddam on the holy Bakrid day is being seen worldwide as a challenge against the whole Muslim community whose hatred the U.S is already enjoying stomach full. This will become even worse with this shameful event.

The murder, ignoring the repeated requests of all the nations including the European Union is a blow on the international mutual respect. It is rightly pointed out that the dead Saddam is going to cause a greater problem to U.S than one who was alive.