Move Along, Nothing to See Here

James Taranto had this snipet in today's Best of the Web that made me laugh out loud:

"Saddam Hussein was beaten up while he was being interrogated by a judge after he insulted two of the most revered figures in Shia Islam," London's Daily Telegraph reports:

Asked whether the shrines of the Imams Hussein and Abbas in the city had been attacked by Iraqi forces [during his regime], Saddam at first pretended not to know the two holy figures of Shia Islam.

But he then said: "Who do you mean? Those manayich [buggers]?" According to the Iraqi lawyer, two of the court's clerks who had been taking notes then lunged at the former dictator and started to punch him.

Saddam fought back until the judge succeeded in restoring order, but not before the ex-dictator's head was bruised. US guards posted outside the makeshift courthouse in Baghdad found the incident amusing and did not intervene, the lawyer claimed.

I just found the bit about the US guards pretty amusing. I think I would have had the same reaction if I were in their shoes.