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He'd make an excellent literary writer (just as Tariq Aziz would make an excellent game show host). If they don't hang him then I hope he gets offered a panel spot on Newsnight Review. In fact why don't they hang him live on Newsnight Review? Would get the ratings up for one week at least. I'd like to see Saddam reviewing Clinton's autobiography, Michael Moore's film and some contemporary dance piece that is supposed to portray the Iran Iraq war through the eyes of those dead Iranian siamese twin sisters, before being hung live on air with commentary from Mark Lawson and arch feminist Germaine Geer.