What’s with the natty pinstriped suit, groomed beard and styled dyed hair for the Butcher of Baghdad?
Why not the blue jailhouse jumpsuit former president Saddam Hussein wore until just before being arraigned Thursday in an Iraqi court for multiple war crimes and mass killings?
Captured by U.S. soldiers seven months ago in a filthy spider hole, Hussein is still being held by Americans in an undisclosed location while awaiting formal trial before Iraqi judges.
Suspect terrorists held in Cuba, Afghanistan and Iraq—accused of lesser crimes—will not be scrubbed and groomed before appearances at military tribunals.
Hussein’s spiffy persona sent the wrong message: Commit genocide and you win a free make-over. (4 JULY 2004)
