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Sunday, December 14, 2003
Saddam captured. Wow. This
is the big one. We didn't even have the radio on this morning, so I
didn't know until about 10 minutes ago that Saddam Hussein had been
taken
into custody by US
forces.
This is incredibly good news, and
it gives the US a second chance at this entire misbegotten war and
occupation. The early reports are that thousands of Iraqis are
celebrating the capture of this evil bastard.
It may not end the insurgency, but
it should certainly help lift the fears of those who've worried that
Saddam might be coming back. Even though we never should have gone in
there, now that we're there we've got an obligation to get it
right.
Too bad Saddam's going to be
executed - from the photos, it looks like he could have starred in
Bad Santa II.
Worse than Porter, Geoghan, and
Shanley? It's going to get overlooked amid Saddam Mania, but
Kevin Cullen has a
long piece in today's
Boston Globe on a priest who may actually have murdered one of
his young sex-abuse victims.
Cullen's story about Danny Croteau,
who died at the age of 13, is a gripping, horrifying read. And
Cullen's reporting on the only suspect - Father Richard Lavigne - is
even more horrifying.
What's most striking is that,
nearly two years after the Globe began its Pulitzer-winning
coverage of pedophile priests, there are still stories of this
magnitude waiting to be told.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
