HE WASN'T GORING MY OX...:

Tears for Fears: Why are Arabs upset by Saddam's execution? (Efraim Karsh, 01.03.07, New Republic)

While Saddam Hussein's execution was greeted with delight by many of his victims--Iranians, Kuwaitis, and Iraqi Shia--it also generated widespread criticism among many Arabs and Muslims. Though only Libya showed official solidarity with the fallen dictator by declaring three days of national mourning and canceling the public celebrations of Eid Al Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice, commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to God) even the Saudi government, perhaps America's staunchest Arab ally, expressed its dismay at the timing of the execution on the first day of the Muslim festival.

Why has such an abysmal record been widely applauded by Arabs and Muslims?

At the end of the Arab day, he was just a Sunni strongman who oppressed Kurds and Shi'a.

Posted by Orrin Judd at January 4, 2007 2:07 PM