[Lauren]

Sticks, I don't agree with you when you say he has died a martyr. The Iraqi's believe that dying as a martyr is by firing squad, as this signifies they died a soldier. Instead, Saddam was hanged - like any common criminal in Iraq.

Also, surely if there were any "damaging revelations" - they would have been revealed in the first trial, and the numerous hearings before and after. And if there was anything too bad, he would have said it in his final rites.

But, I like your cynical thinking!