Greg B, if it is clear that he committed genocide, why not hang him for that crime, if you must hang him at all? For my money he is innocent of genocide until proved guilty in a credible judicial process. So far no court, credible or otherwise, has found him guilty of genocide.

Dave O, two internationally respected human-rights organisations were given accreditation to observe the court proceedings against Saddam,and to interview witnesses, advocates etc. No doubt this was thought prudent in view of a tendency around the world to see the court as an instrument of US foreign policy.

If you would like to read the report that came out of all that scrutiny, here's a link: The Dujail Trial.

I suggest you do read it, then come back here and have another stab at responding to Bobert.