“The show must go on.”

Angry judge puts Moussaoui trial on hold

Brinkema says U.S. government committed ‘egregious violation’

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - An angry federal judge considered Monday whether to dismiss the government’s death penalty case against confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui after a federal attorney coached witnesses in violation of her rules.

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It's simple; the United States has no jurisdiction to try sovereign rulers of foreign nations for crimes committed against citizens of that nation, and on that nation's soil.

Furthermore, even if you accede to the ludicrous premise that Iraqi's are doing with Mr. Hussein what they would have done with him anyway, without coercion from the United States, then you have to ask yourself, what standards of legitimacy obtain that allow them to hold such a trial?

Simply put, the current Iraqi government is just another in a long line of American puppet regimes.

If someone invaded your country, selected its leaders, coached them on selecting their judiciary, and then demanded they try you for crimes they say you committed, would that seem to be in accordance with the rule of law? No. It's pure punch and judy.