An Iraqi appeals court upheld Saddam’s death sentence, and the AP reports that he has been handed over to the Iraqi government for execution within the next 24 hours. The inexorable slide toward execution for Saddam Hussein, and irrelevance and disgrace for George Bush, proceeds apace. Saddam’s guilty verdict and certain execution will neither result in vindication for Bush’s policies nor "open the doors of hell" in Iraq, as Saddam’s defense attorneys claim. The bombing of Samarra’s golden shrine blew those doors off their hinges nearly a year ago, and Bush’s ability to impact events evaporates more each day.
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