Saddam's trial takes another flying leap down the road to befuddlement. (Note: I couldn't decide which parts of this magnificent article to quote, so instead I'll summarize it in the manner of the teasers one finds at the end of Lemony Snicket books.)

[Click here to read an article containing brazen walkings-out, "daughters of a whore," takings of umbrage, and "evil" court-appointed defense attorneys.]

Seriously, he called his defense lawyers evil. The man's killed like nine billion people, and the best he can come up with is "evil"? Come on, Saddam! Put a little muscle into it!