After former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was sentenced to be hanged for crimes against humanity, people in the Arab world formed two opposing views. Some people think Saddam Hussein's judgment is very fair, while others sharply criticize the United States and think the judgment is unfair.

Some analysts said that the hidden message behind the verdict is that the United States will continue its mission in Iraq and will not stop because of the coercion of the resistance. A reporter from Saudi Arabia said: "If you don't make a judgment or reduce your sentence, it will make all the claims that the United States failed in Iraq more credible."

Some Arabs believe that Saddam Hussein, as a leader, should be free to lead his country. Abu Rahim-Helesh, a jeweler in Amman, said indignantly, Wait and see what the devil will do next. "If Saddam is sentenced to death, then they must also sentence Bush to death, which is only fair ... They should also sentence Israeli Ehud Olmert to death and see what he has done in Lebanon. If it's fair, let Saddam die. If Mr. Bush has made the world a better place in the past four years, he can also let Saddam die. "

Zaid Kasawine, a former leading member of Saddam's defense team, said: "This was decided in advance. Everything that happened from the beginning of the trial to today's judgment is illegal, a conspiracy to hurt the legitimate president of Iraq, and an American occupier who handed over legitimacy to this Arab country. "

Iraqis living abroad also have different views. Salah Hassan, a 50-year-old Sunni Muslim who is now doing business in Jordan, said: "He should be sentenced to death. It is he who keeps our country bleeding. Saddam Hussein is a criminal, and it is already a very light punishment to sentence him to hang. " But Jasim Ali, a 29-year-old Shia Muslim, thinks the verdict is unfair. He said: "The sentence is too strict. Why is Saddam on trial? It should be the leaders of the current Iraqi government who are tried and sentenced to death. They are traitors. They are American puppets. "

In Kuwait, which Saddam once invaded, Abdul-Redha-Asiri, director of the Department of Political Science at Kuwait University, said, "This is justice from God. He should have been hanged long ago. For a man who has killed tens of thousands of people, this is the minimum punishment. For the first time in modern history, an Arab leader or former leader was tried. " Hurod Ferry, a 40-year-old Kuwaiti communications expert, said: "The death penalty is too kind to him. I want him to spend the rest of his life in prison. He is dead, but the people he hurt still have to live in pain. "