[No trial, no judge, no defense. Iraqis would remember it as] the night of the long knives, ... The Reckoning. |
Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein. |
The downside is that if this constitution doesn't go through, will the Shiite religious leaders lose control of their people and will you have a lot of vengeance killings and so forth? That's when civil war really starts. We're teetering on the brink, but we haven't gotten there yet. |
There was a quid pro quo with these tribal leaders that Saddam Hussein would provide them weapons and money, pander to their interests in their neighborhood, and they in turn would control their own people in the name of Saddam Hussein. |