"Saddam is going to be considered as a martyr"
BFD. So, he gets the 70 virgins - or does he? He killed other Muslims, and that's a Qur'an no-no. Maybe he gets 70 virgin female demons (with fire “down there”).
I am sure some will consider Saddam a martyr. If Saddam is a martyr, so are all his victims - including the soldiers (on both sides) that died in the Iraq conflicts.
"Shiites and Sunnies are really gonna go at eachother's throath"
They already are "at each others throats". Saddam is a Sunni, are the Sunnis going to increase hostilities? Maybe. Such things can’t be permitted to interfere with the legal process. Saddam is a convicted criminal.
"If you would have bothered to read my previous post to you, you might have realised that the Sunnies are a minority in Iraq"
Actually, I did read the post. I was already aware of the points within it. If you had read what you copy/pasted you would know the Sunnis are a (approximately 8:1) majority, not a minority.
"The current gov is Shi'a, all things considered, since he was captured by the US army, he was a US prisonner of war. Handing him over to a Shi'a government is giving him to the hands of the adversary"
Saddam was indeed captured by the U.S. and his legal status was prisoner of war.
Handing a POW who is Iraqi over to the Iraqi government is not "handing him over to an adversary". Many thousands of Iraqi POW's held by the U.S. were released back to Iraq.
It's apparently a moot point now anyway - Amid conflicting reports, the U.S. has already transferred custody of Saddam to the Iraqi Government. Saddam has already surrendered his personal belongings to his family and has given them his will. The Iraqi Prime Minister has signed the death warrant. It looks like his execution will be soon - maybe today (Friday 12/29) or early Saturday morning Iraq time.. They may delay it for one week because of a religious holiday.
Fox news also reported that video of the execution is expected to be released.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,239783,00.html
U.S. media will probably not show it, but it will probably be on the ‘net.
Although Saddam’s execution seems eminent, he still faces other genocide charges in which he killed up to 100,000 Kurds.
The new Iraqi government is going to have to find a way to appease the various groups. I do not envy them, it seems as if that is an impossible task.
I can only hope that Saddam's conviction and execution will at least release most Iraqis from the pain of his cruel reign.
If the execution is prepared properly, Saddam’s end will be quick. His death will be much more humane than that of his victims.