Saddam Hussein verdict postponed - 2 days before U.S.Election?

[katty]

more: http://mediamatters.org/items/200610260010

Thu, Oct 26, 2006 3:45pm EST

Saddam Hussein verdict postponed until two days before U.S. election: Will the media turn a skeptical eye?
Summary: While it cannot definitively be said that the reason the senior Iraqi court in charge of Saddam Hussein's trial postponed its verdict in the case until two days before the November elections so that it would influence the midterms, the postponement suggests several obvious questions, including, most importantly: Given the Bush administration's history of timing national security-related actions to the political calendar, has the date for the verdict's release been set to provide maximum political benefit for the administration and congressional Republicans?

On October 3, the Associated Press reported that the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (SICT), the judicial body carrying out the trial of Saddam Hussein, had "postponed the verdict in the former leader's first trial" beyond October 16 -- the date it was originally expected. At that time, according to the AP,

[pooja]

1. Will it even matter... the whole trial has been a farce.. a mockery

and nobody cares? Ask anyone if they are waiting on the edges of their seats for his verdict... OJ got better ratings than he does.

[Nozebro]

2. It's obviously just a coincidence, not a conspiracy. There ARE no conspiracies

connected to anyone in and around booshco. They are too incompetent to figure out things like timing the verdict against the Saddam Double so that they won't have to steal as many votes in the elections.

[BattyDem]

3. I'm more concerned about Rove's "We've got THE MATH" statement ...

than the Saddam verdict. Except for the Bush die-hards, does anyone actually care about this verdict? I don't believe it will influence people's votes ... but I do believe it will be used as an explanation for a GOP victory if they manage to steal it again.