This text was written shortly after the capture of President Hussein. Things developed differently than envisioned because a judicial proceding before whatever court would have given Saddam Hussein the opportunity to speak about the past. The trial of former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic had shown how potentially damaging this kind of trial is for the persecutors and friends. To avoid this kind of debacle Saddam Hussein is indicted for remote charges so that there would be no talk about the political connections and machinations, and his defense undermined by killing his layers.