Quotes of the Day

Quote #1 is from Saddam Hussein on his way to the gallows:

Iraq without me is nothing.

I suppose that means that Iraq is now gone. Sure.

Quote #2 is from the Times of London's obituary for Saddam (which I quote at length here):

(Saddam) also enrolled at Baghdad university's law

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faculty and turned up for final examinations in military uniform and carrying a pistol. He was promptly granted a degree . . .