Didnt his son dote on him? If thats the case as sad as it seems, he's probably better off dead. If the people of Iraq had gotten hold of him then he would wish he had been killed.
They say like father like son, ok yes he was young, I doubt he was innocent. you cant grow up in an environment like that and stay "normal".

Probably not, he was no doubt brought up in the image of his father.

But lets face facts here, the amount of firepower the americans put on that house, they didn't want any survivors

I don't agree, they escalated the amount of force used slowly over a period of about 3.5 hours (according to radio 4 at the time)
They originally sent troops into the building, resulting in three casualties. Then they used megaphones, which just got them shot at. Small arms, then rpg's and so on.
The US knew that if they could get them alive and put them on trial, the propaganda and cathartic (for the Iraqis) value would have been immense.



btw....if you spellcheck dozysplot it tries to change your name to despot:D