The execution of Saddam Hussein comes too late to have much real political impact in Iraq, according to a University of Wisconsin-Madison emeritus history professor whose specialty is the Middle East.
Kemal Karpat, whose book “The Politicization of Islam” was publishedÃ? in 2003, said in an interview justÃ? after Saddam was put to death that he believes Iraq is now so fragmented that the former dictator’s execution will have little significant impact on Iraq or on any of the groups currently jockeying for power.