Article January 29, 2007 Issue

SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE FUTURE

THOMAS BLACK

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL HOURS since the execution of Saddam Hussein. In some quarters, this event has brought wild rejoicing; in others, profound mourning; and in still others, sober reflection.

The situation is complex. He was accused of the most inhumane and merciless treatment of his fellow man. The evidence at his trial seemed unrelentingly unsupportive of his protests of innocence. Is there cause for forgiveness and mercy?

Sometimes society uses the scaffold with meticulous attention to human justice, other times as an exercise of raw revenge. To some today, the jury is still out on the fairness of Hussein's trial.

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