THE killing of Saddam Hussein was closer to a lynch mob hanging and snuff movie.

The Rev Jonathan Gledhill appears closer to the Old Testament An eye for eye, a tooth for tooth.

Very different indeed from turning the other cheek. Ghandhi argued that the former view would leave the whole world blind.

If Mr Gledhill's view is correct then George Bush and Tony Blair will be hanged./ The execution will not heal the communities or stop the slide into civil war.

While it suited the West, Saddam was a tool to buffer Iran. Many of the officers were schooled at Sandhurst. The true story will never be told or known. The consequences are difficult to calculate. We in the West have not helped and a speedy withdrawal is wanted.

PATRICK COOPER-DUFFY, Eling.