Specter critical of Saddam's trial

BBC:

A senior US senator has criticised the handling of the trial of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, just before meeting the judge heading the court.

Arlen Specter, chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee, said he was disappointed the court had allowed Saddam "to dominate the proceedings".

Sen Specter said he would urge Judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin to quell Saddam's outbursts by holding him in contempt.

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Speaking ahead of the interview in Baghdad, he told reporters he felt the court should keep a tighter rein on the trial's progress.

"You have a butcher who has butchered his own people, a torturer who has tortured his own people," the Associated Press news agency quotes him as saying.

"The evidence ought to be presented in a systematic way which would show that there's been quite an accomplishment in taking [Saddam] out as opposed to letting him be a blusterbun and control the proceedings."

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Specter is right. Saddam needs to be given a time out when he throws a tantrum.

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