What about Saddam?

He actually is a real person, supposedly still in existence, and not just a horrendously low benchmark to measure atrocities against or an old bogeyman used to scare little children and stupid American adults, although those are pretty much the only references in which you'll hear his name mentioned any more.

''The coalition forces now have more than 100 detained former regime officials,'' Salem Chalabi told reporters in Kuwait. ''They will be transferred to us before the transfer of power, and they include Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan al-Majid and Tareq Aziz.'' Washington has pledged to hand sovereignty to an unelected Iraqi government by June 30.

Chalabi, a US-educated lawyer who is director-general of administration for the special tribunal set up to prosecute Saddam, said the Iraqi trials will begin early next year but added that Saddam will not necessarily be the first in the dock.

He said those found guilty by the tribunal could face the death penalty.

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