STOP THE PRESSES: THESE ARE THE SADDAM HUSEEIN STORIES THAT WE WANT TO READ IN TOMORROW'S NEWSPAPERS
Right now we know the verdict.But, please, tell us more.
Like:
1. Tell us more about the Chief Judge.
As the leading Canadian blogger says today
"No matter your position on the Iraq war and the difficulties they face, there is one thing that all reasonable people can agree on - it is home to some of the most courageous people on Earth. Chief Judge Raouf Abdul-Rahman and the others who serve in the fledgling justice system are surely among them."
2. Tell us more about Ransey Clark the US legal advisor of the dictator?
As AP says today:
"Before the session began, one of Saddam's lawyers, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, was ejected from the courtroom after handing the judge a memorandum in which he called the trial a travesty.
Chief Judge Raouf Abdul-Rahman pointed to Clark and said in English, "Get out."
3. Tell us more about the reactions in his hometown.
Again for AP:
"In Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, 1,000 people defied the curfew and carried pictures of the city's favorite son through the streets. Some declared the court a product of the U.S. "occupation forces" and condemned the verdict."
4. Tell us more about Saddam's prison.
Any chances that he can be rescued by anybody?
Where is he kept?
How is he taken to the court?
Where is the court?
What are the security measures?
Where could the sentence be executed?
Who will be the people in charge of the execution?
Infographic journalists have a great job to do in the next few days, as many of these details will be not presented in TV.
Will the newspapers do the job?
I am not sure, but I will be more than happy to get any great examples of this kind of coverage.
And not just yesterday's news.

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