Let's not get excited.
Saddam never was an important figure and is still an unimportant figure. The important point of his trial was the manner in which it was conducted and the justice of its outcome.
In the end the manner was disgraceful and the outcome barbaric. We've been found guilty yet again.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/6116884.stm