It has now been a year since Saddam Hussein was captured in Iraq,surely by international law he should have had his day in court.Please let me know if I am wrong
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st.../iraq_saddam_dc

Since when did Bush go by international law?

I believe that the idea is to turn him over to the new Iraq government. So I think there are waiting for the election before turning him over for trial by his countrymen.

Strange, I read nothing in that "beat-up' report that indicates that the US is responsible for the delay. The onus seems to be on Iraq to put a case together and procede from there.
The "reporter" certainly has a flair for dramatic exits...

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It has been a long year.

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Lol here`s another great exit.

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"If there's any doubt, then it's assumed the Iraqi is lying -- the Americans are creating enemies by the score."

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Sue,, I am going to just take a wild guess that you are not a Bush fan.

I think most of the world puts the rights of Saddam near the bottom of any priority list.
Personally I would not care if the rats ate his ears off. And I am going to bet there are a lot of folks that would do much worse to this monster.
No matter what he gets it will never be enough.
But his fate can wait until a governing body can make the decisions.
Jax

Saddam already HAD a day in court, months ago.

Yes, Saddam had his first day in court months ago, but that was for his arraignment which is the initial appearance before a judge in a criminal case. At an arraignment, the charges against the defendant are read, a lawyer is appointed if the defendant cannot afford one, and the defendant's plea is entered.

This is a part of international law. If this matter was left to the International Court in the Hague, it would take years for the arraignment and many more years for the trial.