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Dec 29, 2006, 10:36 PM
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DriverHeaven Senior Member
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Saddam Hussein, deposed ruler of Iraq, was executed by hanging
Given this is major world wide news its probably worth a front page news,,, ill leave it to your judgement tho
 Saddam Hussein, deposed ruler of Iraq, was executed by hanging before dawn Saturday, Dec. 30 for crimes against humanity. He was handed from US to Iraqi custody Friday. US and Iraqi forces on high alert He said in an earlier letter he is willing to sacrifice himself for the Iraqi people and would die as a martyr. The Iraqi government was under considerable international pressure not to execute sentence. The former Iraqi ruler was condemned together with his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikrity and the former chairman of the Baath revolutionary courts Awad Ahmad al Bandar. The pleas came from the European Union, the Vatican and some UN agencies. US and Iraqi forces are on high alert and some areas are under curfew. Iraq’s Baath warned Thursday of grave consequences if their leader goes to the gallows. An internet message said the US would be held responsible. “The Baath and the resistance are determined to retaliate in all ways and places that hurt America and its interests.” Retaliation was also threatened against the Iraqi High Tribunal which upheld the death sentence. The largely Sunni-Arab Baathists who dominate the insurgency vowed to shut down national reconciliation negotiations. http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3688 |
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Dec 30, 2006, 05:17 AM
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Saddam will be embraced by his followers as a martyr, not likely. He always portrayed himself as a warrior and a father, and his reputation for killing off his familly that betrayed him did not endear him to what remained of his followers.
Feared once. Betrayed many times. His legacy can be challenged on any level, but he was the worst thing to happen to Pan Arabism.
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Dec 30, 2006, 10:36 AM
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good riddins! cnn has some video as they prepped him and his body wrapped up in a shroud. after killing all those people, this was too formal for him. but he had guts though i must say.
i'll jerk off to the execution vid though! oh yeah!
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Dec 30, 2006, 08:40 PM
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You'll find it eventually...
Looks like it was taken using a cellphone video mode. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...34279766935521
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Dec 30, 2006, 11:41 PM
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