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Iraq crisis Posted: Saturday, December 20, 2003 'Sick' Saddam drugged: visitor A STARTLING new photograph of a sick-looking Saddam Hussein suggests he is being drugged or given strong medication by his US captors. In the photo Hussein appears in much worse shape than when arrested, with pronounced bags under bloodshot eyes and a sticking plaster on the back of his right hand where he has reportedly been receiving intravenous injections. Will Saddam go on trial? NO: US cannot afford embarrassment of public trial Bush wants Saddam to hang, but we must resist It has always seemed mistaken to perceive Iraq as the epicentre of the "Iraq crisis". Events there represent only one manifestation of a much more profound issue: how the rest of the world should manage its relationship with the United States. This will be our great foreign policy dilemma for at least the first half of the 21st century. Shooting Samarra's schoolboys in the back Saddam was 'betrayed by aide' Saddam Hussein was betrayed by a top aide who helped the former Iraqi president during eight months as a fugitive, according to the US military. U.S. Opposes Provisions for Iraq Tribunal The new Iraqi war crimes tribunal includes provisions taken from the International Criminal Court, which the United States vehemently opposes - an irony that the international court's supporters have been quick to note.   Printer friendly version  Send page by E-Mail |