"The brutal excesses of Saddam Hussein's regime were relived yesterday as Iraq's new government announced that it had hanged 27 prisoners convicted of terror and criminal charges. Mass executions at Abu Ghraib's prison . . . were suspended after coalition-led troops overthrew Saddam three years ago. Yesterday's executions took place just days after control of Abu Ghraib was handed over to Iraqi authorities. . . .Mass executions of convicted prisoners took place on an almost weekly basis under Saddam's regime."
His statue was torn down when we came, but he must be smiling in the courtroom.
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