I foresee voter turnout issues there, too.

While we're all glad Iraq held their first democratic elections in about 50 years this week, one notable Iraqi did not vote: Saddam Hussein. I hope this story was just a joke. Seems like the "locked up in an undisclosed location" situation would be enough to lead someone to believe that the guy wouldn't vote if the "we overturned his dictatorship" deal wouldn't tip someone off first. The best line from the article was, "The former dictator was eligible to vote as an Iraqi citizen with no criminal record. Despite being accused of crimes against humanity and genocide, he has not been convicted."

Even so, would getting convicted in a war crimes tribunal count towards one's Iraqi criminal record? Oh well, I guess we'll never know.