Iraqi Judge Who Sentenced Saddam Hussein To Death Has Been Executed By ISIS

Judge Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahman and Saddam Hussein

Judge Who Sentenced Saddam Hussein To Death Has Been Executed By ISIS, Local Media Reports -- Zero Hedge

Back in 2006, after the second US invasion of Iraq culminated if not with the discovery of the WMDs (which were the pretext for the invasion in the first place), but the unearthing (literally) and kangaroo court trial of Saddam Hussein, the US was quick to announce "mission accomplished." Recent events have made a mockery of that claim, however what is truly the straw that broke the back of poetic justice, to mix metaphors, are reports from local media that as part of its blitz-campaign to take over northern Iraq, ISIS found and the promptly executed Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahman, the judge who sentenced Saddam to death: a death which to many was the crowning moment of the second US invasion of Iraq, and the confirmation of successful US foreign policy.

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My Comment: I have a gut feeling that targeted executions of senior Iraqi government/legal/military officials has just begun .... and when finished the final numbers of the dead will be enormous.