Editorial: Window of hope opens for Iraq

Saddam Hussein's capture by US forces has taken the world by storm. For Iraqi politics, says this editorial in the United Arab Emirates' Gulf News, the news could not be better. The paper encourages Iraqis to take control of their own political futures and "build a new political momentum looking for peaceful political development." Noting that the Iraqi Governing Council has already called on armed groups to lay down their weapons and join the nation in a process of reconciliation, the paper is optimistic that the majority of anti-coalition resistance will subside now that Saddam's supporters can see him in US custody and talking with the American military. So that Iraq can move forward politically, the article concludes, Saddam must be tried in public and dispassionate legal proceedings. – YaleGlobal