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October 29, 2006

Funny How That Works Politics

According to Media Matters, the verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial has been postponed until November 5, two days before the midterm elections:

The Bush administration has a long history of timing national security-related actions with the political calendar, and the media should be asking if it has done so again. The verdict of the Saddam Hussein trial, which was originally scheduled to be announced on October 16, 2006, has been postponed until November 5, 2006, just two days before the U.S. midterm elections.

Given the importance of the midterm elections, the administration's documented history of manipulating Iraq and terrorism announcements for political gain, and the heavy influence of the U.S. on the Iraqi court, David Brock, President and CEO of Media Matters for America, today called on the media to question the new date set for the release of the Saddam verdict. [Emphasis added]

Could anything be more transparent, more blatant, more obvious? Imagine the howls for his blood had Clinton had this.

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Comments

November 5th. isn't here yet. I'm sure the courthouse is highly secured, but maybe the insurgents will somehow delay the trial.

Posted by: Jeff at October 29, 2006 11:18 PM