No longer a POW
The coalition officially transferred legal custody of Saddam Hussein and 11 other high-profile detainees to Iraq today.
Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi requested the transfer June 29, calling it an important step as Iraq takes control of its affairs after gaining sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority June 28.
“We Iraqis believe that to truly be in control of our affairs and our own future, we must be in control of the destiny of the people we believe most responsible for so much of the suffering the Iraqi people endured over the past 35 years,” Allawi said.
I bet Saddam ain’t too happy havin’ his own people in control of his fate now. How much you wanna bet he is shaking in his boots prison issued sneakers?