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Apparently this administration's love affair with the politically connected knows no bounds. The Sun, across the pond, has some lovely photos of Saddam Hussein, taken while he awaits his well-deserved war crimes trial. CNN reports that the U.S. is shocked, shocked, at the numerous violations that occurred for these pictures to have been taken and then published.

"These photos were taken in clear violation of DoD directives and possibly Geneva Convention guidelines for the humane treatment of detained individuals," a Defense Department statement said.

"Multi-National Forces-Iraq is disappointed at the possibility that someone responsible for the security, welfare, and detention of Saddam would take and provide these photos for public release."

If only the administration showed such concern for the rule of law when the Abu Ghraib pictures were released. I guess being rich and "white collar" gives you advantages with this administration, whether you are a former Iraqi Dictator/murderer or not. Of course the article does include The Sun's explanation for all of this:

According to The Sun, U.S. "military sources said they handed over the photos in the hope of dealing a body blow to the resistance in Iraq."

Just excellent. If we are relying on half-naked pictures of a former dictator to "deal a body blow to the resistance" we might be in a little more trouble than I thought.