while dust refuse to settle after the so called "matrydom" of Saddam Hussein... leaving aftershocks in the subcontinent who in no way have hardly any hand in the act, other than being passive towards the judgement defies logic... some thoughts linger as sidelights of the drama enacted... The main accusal of the so called ideology driven secularists the filled the news paper columns and news rooms was about india's thankless attitude towards the dictator who was supportive to indian's cause at international arena.. so was mr.najibbullah..saddam atleast got a chance - even it can be poohpoohed as farce, for trial... what happened to najibullah? isn't the his mutilated body hanging on a roadside pole in kabul was more heartbreaking than the "royal retreat" of saddam.. Wasn't he a better friend of india than anyone else?

While accusing US on Saddam's fate, one would also think...Didn't they got a better chance to eliminate saddam, when the petrified dictator was taken out from the bunker with folded hands? and why should US wait to make him stronger or even more dignified..

Though one feel the dictator got the end that he deserves... the saddened aspect is that why these kind of verdicts only happen to Asians or Africans.. not to richard nixons, tony blairs and bushes (Jr and Sr)...