Saddam Hussein to run for President of Iraq (not a joke)

[qwerty]

Saddam to Declare Candidacy for Iraqi Elections
http://www.zaman.org/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20040921&hn=12424

Overthrown Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who was arrested by US forces last December, reportedly plans to run as a candidate in the Iraqi elections scheduled for January 2005.

Saddam's lawyer Giovanni di Stefano told Denmark's B.T. newspaper that Saddam decided during one of their discussions that he would declare his candidacy for the elections.

Stefano said that there was no law that prevented Saddam from appearing on the ballot. He added that Saddam hopes to regain his presidency and palaces via the democratic process.

Contrary to the statements of Iraqi Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Stefano claims, "Saddam has no chance to be tried before the elections. Moreover, no international law prevents him from coming forward."

Saddam's lawyer defends that the ambiguity in Iraq will favor Saddam at the polls. Stefano remarked that a recent Gallup poll indicates that 42 percent of the Iraqi people want their former leader back.

Meanwhile, evaluating the conditions of Saddam in jail, Allawi said that Saddam had asked him for mercy.

[nomorelies]

Yep i know.

42% OF Iraqis want him President in a recent Gallup poll.

[opebo]

Yep i know.

42% OF Iraqis want him President in a recent Gallup poll.

That doesn't surprise me a bit.  He was always very popular among his base, the Sunnis.

[badnarikin04]

Lol, gee, i wonder who's going to win.

[Gabu]

I wonder what would happen if Saddam won...

"Oops, never mind, democracy failed this time; we'll execute Saddam and try again."

[A18]

If any part of Iraq wants to go back to Hussein's dictatorship, I say enjoy.

[TommyC1776]

This is terrible

[2952-0-0]

Who's gonna support him?

[nomorelies]

THE 42% OF IRAQIS THAT WWANT HIM BACK

shows what a bad job bush has done

[Silent Hunter]

Show me the link to this so-called 'Gallup poll'.

[cwelsch]

Yeah, I have trouble believing that they want him back, and that even if they did they'd admit it to a Yankee.

[opebo]

Having an election in Iraq is silly - of course the majority are going to support someone awful.  They'll just vote in a theocracy - something even worse than Saddam.  I think making a colony or a closely managed puppet dictatorship of Iraq is more sensible.

[cwelsch]

Then we'd have to manage it for decades and they'd attack us for it.

Empires went out of vogue in 1776.

[Platypus]

closer to 1945, but hey.The British empires' peak was well after america's bloody independence.