Bunch of good news from Iraq

[Cyrus]

Ex-U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq and a political activist, is being considered as a candidate for the Saddam Hussein legal defense team. A U.S. official close to the Iraqi High Tribunal said that if the proper motion for this was filed it would probably be accepted. link

Think about it.

Ramsey Clark has been a thorn at the sides of American foreign policy for decades, usually taking up unpopupal, radical positions. On the other hand, up to now, two lawyers from Saddam's legal defense team have already been assassinated.

I mean, have those Americans in charge of Iraq started doing the math or what ?

...Meantime, in a bit of unrelated news, ex-Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, who had been appointed there by the U.S., declared yesterday that the abuse and torture situation in Iraq is as bad or worse than under Saddam Hussein. link

Incidentally, Mr Allawi is running for office in the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 15.

So, yes, Iraq could be well on its way towards genuine, western-style democracy :

Here we have an Iraqi statesman saying one thing while in power and then its complete opposite when running for office from the opposition -- even it that means running against himself!
(Kinda like "running against Washington", innit?)

And, finally, Iraqi troops continue to train heavily, getting ready to take over the whole security situation thingy :


Iraqi soldiers are holding aloft targets for
their colleagues to practice at.