Justice for Saddam

The Ace of Spades is no longer eluding coalition forces who had been hunting him for months.

On the same day that thousands celebrated the dedication of the new Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein. The raid by 600 special forces was an impressive and important victory for America's war on terror, but it is even more meaningful to the people of Iraq.

Saddam's capture will make efforts to turn the nation over to a new government that much smoother. Along the way, justice for the tyrannical former Iraqi president will have to be served. As President Bush said in his Sunday address, Saddam will "face the justice he denied to millions."

Saddam has a lot to pay for. The evidence is overwhelming, including 300,000 bodies of his victims that have been found in mass graves since the end of major combat.

There were also Saddam's bloody invasions of Iran and Kuwait. He hanged Iraqi Jews in 1969. He executed dozens of his revolutionary council in 1979. He tortured and murdered his own countrymen. His people lived in terror for decades. They deserve justice.