View Full Version : Saddam Hussein hanged, says Al Hurra TV station
Kurtz
12-29-2006, 10:34 PM
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday.
Arabic satellite channel Arabiya also reported the execution had taken place.
The former Iraqi president ousted in April 2003 by a U.S.-led invasion was convicted in November of crimes against humanity over the killings of 148 Shi'ite villagers from Dujail after a failed assassination bid in 1982.
An appeals court upheld the death penalty on Tuesday and the government rushed through the procedures to hang him by the end of the year and before the Eid al-Adha holiday that starts on Saturday, coinciding with the haj pilgrimage to Mecca.
The government had kept details of its plans shrouded in secrecy amid concerns it could spark a violent backlash from his former supporters with Iraq on the brink of civil war.
The execution will delight Iraq's majority Shi'ites, who faced oppression during Saddam's three-decade rule, but may anger some in his resentful Sunni minority.
Some Kurdish leaders had sought a delay so they too could see justice for the man they accuse of genocide against them.
Saddam's conviction on November 5 was hailed by President Bush as a triumph for the democracy he promised to foster in Iraq after the invasion almost four years ago.
With U.S. public support for the war slumping as the number of American dead approaches 3,000, Washington is likely to welcome the death of Saddam, despite misgivings among many allies about capital punishment.
But the hanging could complicate efforts by Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to heal Iraq's sectarian divisions with violence spiralling out of control and threatening to pitch the country into full-scale civil war.
Once the belligerent strongman of the Middle East, Saddam's power crumbled when U.S. tanks swept into Baghdad in April 2003. He fled and was captured in December that year by U.S. soldiers who found him hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.
During his three decades in power, Saddam was accused of widespread oppression of political opponents and genocide against Kurds in northern Iraq. His execution means he will never face justice on those charges.
Defiant to the end, Saddam insisted during his trial that he was still the president of Iraq.
He said in a letter written after his conviction in November that he offered himself as a "sacrifice."
"If my soul goes down this path (of martyrdom) it will face God in serenity," he wrote in the letter.
(Additional reporting by Alastair Macdonald, Ibon Villelabeitia, Claudia Parsons in Baghdad and Suleiman Khalidi in Dubai)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061230/ts_nm/iraq_dc
Semantics
12-29-2006, 10:49 PM
He got his wish. He is a sacrifice. Now he won't be remembered for hiding down his hole looking like a deranged wild man, but instead as a martyr.
On the occasion of her cousin Mary Stuart's beheading, Queen Elizabeth I said that those in power should pay close attention when others of their station are put to death. Things at the top change as quickly as the wind blows, and one never knows when it will turn.
sparks
12-29-2006, 10:53 PM
Saddam's conviction on November 5 was hailed by President Bush as a triumph for the democracy he promised to foster in Iraq after the invasion almost four years ago.
With U.S. public support for the war slumping as the number of American dead approaches 3,000, Washington is likely to welcome the death of Saddam, despite misgivings among many allies about capital punishment.
Bush could have handled this so much better than he did. However, being the "butcher of Texas" himself, I can see why he would revel in this execution using it as a political tool for personal gain. This really doesn't surprise me.
However, a more dignified response may have been to lament the need for the execution at all but citing the law having prevailed. Bush is such an idiot!
I don't think I'll bother lighting a candle for Saddam.
It should have been Osama Bin Laden with the noose around his neck.
Saguaro
12-29-2006, 10:57 PM
Yes, Bush is an idiot,but SH was as bad as Hitler.
Incognito
12-29-2006, 11:30 PM
I wonder if putting Saddam to death right now was such a good thing considering the fact that the country is basically going through a civil war.
Bush could have handled this so much better than he did. However, being the "butcher of Texas" himself, I can see why he would revel in this execution using it as a political tool for personal gain. This really doesn't surprise me.
However, a more dignified response may have been to lament the need for the execution at all but citing the law having prevailed. Bush is such an idiot!
Now why in the hell would you call our President "butcher of Texas?" It was the resident Bill Clinton, that went out of his way to get back to Arkansas to witness the execution of a retarded Black guy. Did you conveniently miss that fact? :rofl You fucking liberals are a hoot!!!
I wonder if putting Saddam to death right now was such a good thing considering the fact that the country is basically going through a civil war.
Yes it was perfect. Let them show their asses and die in the streets. No Arabs no problems. This is the first time in Arab history that a leader has been tried and executed properly without a Kangaroo Court.
I'd like to see George go to Iran so we can hang Abinijad too!
Yes, Bush is an idiot,but SH was as bad as Hitler.
Sorry Sag but you are full of shit if you think Bush is an idiot. He has far more intelligence than the Clintons, Gore, Kerry or that fucking little wimp that just campaigned in N.O.
Idiots do not have the intelligence rquired to fly a combat Jet. Sorry honey these people have to be very very intelligent. None of your left wing people are that smart. So I think if I were you I'd back off that horse shit! :lol
I don't think I'll bother lighting a candle for Saddam.
It should have been Osama Bin Laden with the noose around his neck.
Why??? Ossama has no more value than Obama :rofl
Bush could have handled this so much better than he did. However, being the "butcher of Texas" himself, I can see why he would revel in this execution using it as a political tool for personal gain. This really doesn't surprise me.
However, a more dignified response may have been to lament the need for the execution at all but citing the law having prevailed. Bush is such an idiot!
Why the "butcher of Texas"? I do not recall Bush ordering the deaths of thousands of innocents.
If you are talking about the war the I guess that
George Washington: war with Native Americans in Ohio
Thomas Jefferson: Tripolitan War, 1800-1805, against the Barbary pirates
James Madison - War of 1812, 1812-1814, against the British
James Monroe - First Seminole War, 1817-1818
Andrew Jackson - Black Hawk War, 1832
Martin Van Buren - Aroostook War, 1839; Second Seminole War - ended 1842
William Henry Harrison - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
John Tyler - Second Seminole War - ended 1842
James Polk - Mexican War
James Buchanan - beginning of the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln - Civil War, 1861-1865
William McKinley - Spanish-American War, 1898; Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1900
Woodrow Wilson - WWI, 1914-1918
Warren Harding - formally concluded WWI
Franklin Roosevelt - WWII, 1941-1945
Harry Truman - conclusion of WWII, Korean War - 1950-1953
Dwight Eisenhower - conclusion of Korean War
John Kennedy - Bay of Pigs Invasion, 1961; beginning of Vietnam War
Lyndon Johnson - Vietnam War, Dominican Republic, 1965
Richard Nixon - Vietnam War
Ronald Reagan - Grenada Invasion, 1983
George Bush - Invasion of Panama, 1989-1990; Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991
were all butchers as well
Sorry Sag but you are full of shit if you think Bush is an idiot. He has far more intelligence than the Clintons, Gore, Kerry or that fucking little wimp that just campaigned in N.O.
Idiots do not have the intelligence rquired to fly a combat Jet. Sorry honey these people have to be very very intelligent. None of your left wing people are that smart. So I think if I were you I'd back off that horse shit! :lol
Bush has done some idiotic things. Sorry to burst your bubble
Here is a list
Not listening to his Generals about the amount of troops originally need to win in Iraq (They said 300,000 he sent less than half that)
RealID act
SSP
Not finishing in Afganistan before going to Iraq
Listening to Cheney
Listening to RumsfeldThere are more this is a short list
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:25 AM
Bush could have handled this so much better than he did. However, being the "butcher of Texas" himself, I can see why he would revel in this execution using it as a political tool for personal gain. This really doesn't surprise me.
However, a more dignified response may have been to lament the need for the execution at all but citing the law having prevailed. Bush is such an idiot!
What the hell are you talking about?!!!
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:25 AM
I don't think I'll bother lighting a candle for Saddam.
It should have been Osama Bin Laden with the noose around his neck.
Give us time, we will find him...
Even if we find bin Laden someone else will just step up to take his place.
Hell we don't even know if he is still alive.
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:28 AM
Why the "butcher of Texas"? I do not recall Bush ordering the deaths of thousands of innocents.
If you are talking about the war the I guess that
were all butchers as well
Oh...BULLSHIT!
Oh...BULLSHIT!
WHAT?!?!?!
I wasn't calling Bush or anyone a butcher
What was the bullshit for?
Do you even read peoples posts or do you just comment without thinking
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:31 AM
Now why in the hell would you call our President "butcher of Texas?" It was the resident Bill Clinton, that went out of his way to get back to Arkansas to witness the execution of a retarded Black guy. Did you conveniently miss that fact? :rofl You fucking liberals are a hoot!!!
Sure they do Doc....selective memory those liberals...:ohyeah
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:32 AM
Sorry Sag but you are full of shit if you think Bush is an idiot. He has far more intelligence than the Clintons, Gore, Kerry or that fucking little wimp that just campaigned in N.O.
Idiots do not have the intelligence rquired to fly a combat Jet. Sorry honey these people have to be very very intelligent. None of your left wing people are that smart. So I think if I were you I'd back off that horse shit! :lol
You're on a roll Doc...keep it going!!:clap2 :clap2 :clap2
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:33 AM
I wonder if putting Saddam to death right now was such a good thing considering the fact that the country is basically going through a civil war.
I don't wonder...Justice triumphs!!!!!
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:35 AM
Yes, Bush is an idiot,but SH was as bad as Hitler.
Yep...takes an idiot to fly Jet aircraft at Mach speed, attain an MBA and another degree..be elected as Gov. of Texas and do a damn good job....
Anyone that calls President George Bush an idiot, ought to be looking in the mirror!
Wabash
12-30-2006, 01:36 AM
Bush could have handled this so much better than he did. However, being the "butcher of Texas" himself, I can see why he would revel in this execution using it as a political tool for personal gain. This really doesn't surprise me.
However, a more dignified response may have been to lament the need for the execution at all but citing the law having prevailed. Bush is such an idiot!
:horndog :horndog :horndog
You're on a roll Doc...keep it going!!:clap2 :clap2 :clap2
Looks like Doc's got his own personal cheering section. What's a matter Waash can't think for yourself? Go ahead and keep licking Doc's boots
Pathetic how you fawn over him like that
Fawn –verb (used without object)
1. To seek notice or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior or by servile demeanor.
:horndog :horndog :horndog
THIS is you most intelligent post to date
LucaBrazi
12-30-2006, 02:17 AM
Bush could have handled this so much better than he did. However, being the "butcher of Texas" himself, I can see why he would revel in this execution using it as a political tool for personal gain. This really doesn't surprise me.
However, a more dignified response may have been to lament the need for the execution at all but citing the law having prevailed. Bush is such an idiot!
In some places in the world executing a mass murderer is what they do, can't say that I disagree with them. In fact, a person in my state recently was executed and he only killed three people. That son of a bitch had it coming also.
Saddam was tried, convicted, and executed by the Iraqi people. I am sure there are many there who are happy the prick is dead.
sparks
12-30-2006, 03:31 PM
Yep...takes an idiot to fly Jet aircraft at Mach speed, attain an MBA and another degree..be elected as Gov. of Texas and do a damn good job....
Anyone that calls President George Bush an idiot, ought to be looking in the mirror!
Anyone who calls him intelligent must not be looking at his numerous business failures or track record as President.
Partyless
12-30-2006, 09:00 PM
OK - I'm not exactly crying in my beer that Saddam is no longer amongst the living - HOWEVER - I worry that his execution/martyrdom will spark more violence and hinder the work of our military men and women in Iraq in getting that country self sufficient.
I'm opposed to the death penalty - not out of some great enlightened view of mankind and the value of human beings, but because the system is flawed. I'm not sure Saddam got a "fair" trial in the pure legal definition - but it was tried in a foreign court so the American lawyers who cried foul may be comparing apples to oranges. I have no doubt that Saddam committed some serious human rights violations and murders etc. I have no doubt that madman was either trying to create nuclear capacity or was told he was out of fear.
What worries me is that the execution was videotaped and you just know some yahoo will have that thing on youtube.com. My own husband will seek it out because he says he needs to "see" things to beleive them. He watched Nick Berg's videotaped beheading - I can't - and don't need to see that stuff.
So Saddam is dead - someone worse is out there ready to step in. Forgive me for not celebrating and setting off fireworks like my idiot neighbors did last night.
Kitka
12-31-2006, 10:29 AM
and our media is now playing more sick pictures of his death. I'm disgusted. We are supposed to be better than this
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