My own idea? It’s not the big fish(es) seeking to delay the trial(s.) They may be murder-happy sociopaths but even they know that delays are just not going to happen.

Instead it is likely one or more ‘un-indicted co-consirators’ (Sunni/Saddamist/hell maybe even foreign nationals/OFF cronies) who have now accepted that the trials are entirely inevitable and that these attorneys, with all of their access to dark, dirty secrets, pose an unacceptable risk of exposure to them and their interest in the new Iraq.

I tried to fit Bush into this but even my warped mind couldn’t make that one fit.

Oh dear, Oyster–then I guess you’d better not visit my post (the one Roger linked in this thread), because that’s my leading theory, also. And I’m not even usually a conspiracist.

And mine for what that is worth. Frankly I think that the ‘who benefits’ equation is in full effect here.

Who benefits from Saddam being untried and more importantly UNDEAD?

Not Al-Sadr who has publicly stated he wants he tried and found GUILTY asap.In fact not any Shiite or Kurd has a vested interest in delaying this trial. If they additionally,want to kill off the crypto-Baathist defense teams there is plenty of time AFTER Saddam is convicted. Plenty of time especially in Mid-East time which is virtually endless when discussing revenge. For much of Iraq Saddam is job 1, and the sooner he shuffles off this mortal coil the better as far as they are concerned.

And who wants Saddam still living and delaying the inevitable? Hmmm—

This has all the hallmarks of Baathist/Jihadi sand in the gears techniques.

Probably Iran, maybe Iraqi Shiites.

The DBAs

a/k/a

The Dick the Butcher Advocates (or is it Apostles)

The al-Tikriti clan will start killing judges soon. The new government might consider making being an al-Tikriti a capital offense – in one way or another.

They should have tossed a grenade into Saddy’s spider hole.

most to gain by delaying the trials.

But a suspect that looms large is the UN and

those that wish the International Criminal Court

to be in charge.

Ask Sevan’s Aunt (Oh, she was last seen at bottom of elevator shaft just after gifting her nephew with $140,000.00 from her tiny pension) if the thiefs could also be capable of murder to further their world control.

Great crime novel stuff – except this is all real.