Executions won't bring stability

The Iraqi High Court's decision to execute Saddam Hussain's former vice-president, Taha Yassin Ramadan, is counter-productive and ineffectual.

It is painfully obvious that executions will not bring any stability to the country and are more likely to stoke tensions in a nation that desperately needs to unite. Iraq is already engulfed in rampant carnage and bloodshed as acts of violence and the scale of atrocities seem to escalate constantly.

Members of the former regime may well be guilty of serious crimes. But if their execution guarantees stability, then why is Iraq so unstable today? In fact, the manner in which the executions are being carried out seems to imply that they are driven by revenge and not justice. It is not in any way justifiable let alone to continue the bloodshed with another execution.

At times, an eye-for-an-eye approach can become a tool of injustice.