Saddam Hussein, who ruled Iraq with ruthless force and led his people into three devastating wars while pursuing his goal of dominating the Arab world, was executed by hanging . He was 69.
Whether as president of Iraq, a self-proclaimed leader of the anti-American insurgency or rambunctious courtroom defendant, Hussein cast a large shadow over world events and the nation that he controlled for most of the last 40 years.
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I do not know why, today I feel sad for him.
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^ thats natural, its part of human nature to feel sorry for someone's death, no matter who that person is, or what he did.
I wasnt following this too closely, but what happened with the appeals of 'mercy' that they were supposed to file?
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underthedome please also do mention in your speech that he was brought to power by the Americans and has always been their puppet until he attacked Kuwait in 1992 (while the Americans sat and watched). Only after he attacked Kuwait did the Americans show up galavanting on their horses and have been bombing Iraq ever since. Over 600,000 civilians have died since and cancer among children has gone up 700% since then due to the missles tipped with depleted uranium that the Americans use.
Saddam is hanged, good. Now hang everyone in the CIA and the american government. And yeah bomb and kill about 600,000 american civilians too please.
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Yes, and the time choosen for hanging during Haj period is very wrong.
And I think that the American administration has taken such action in a haste only under the influence of the Jewish lobby.
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So sad....end of 35 years of brutal regime....
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good riddance.. and all American puppets should take note.. they're nothing more than a prophylactic... conveniently tossed away after use.
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Instead of killing him..he should have been imprisoned for life. yup..i know it is less when he killed hundreds. But i am against death penalty. and this would further increase the violence over there i guess
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And I think that the American administration has taken such action in a haste only under the influence of the Jewish lobby.
what jewish lobby???...what would they do here?
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Saddam is hanged, good. Now hang everyone in the CIA and the american government. And yeah bomb and kill about 600,000 american civilians too please.
Saddam was brought to power by the U.S.? Please site your sources (and note having relationships doesn't = being brought to power, show some real evidenc eof this false claim). See OG about depleted uranium, I think it's a just concern but as far as I know there is no scientific evidence to back your claims up but I wouldn't know, again site your sources. You're satisfied with Saddams fate, good for you.
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who will hang bush for killing so many Iraqi civilians - and lies about WMDs
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Saddam execution/ hanging is being telecast on TV......totally uncivilised behaviour of any goverment.
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how barbaric can this be?
does his crime deserve this? what about trial in ICJ?
is his crime less than Milosevic? Pinochet?
Just feel that this is going to cause more heartburn in arab world
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Billions of $ spent and nearly 3000 of his troops killed just to satisfy his ego and secure oil supplies. Saddam was evil but he never killed as many as has died since 2003 when the liberators took charge. Who is going to hang the person responsible for the current mayhem or will it be swept under the carpet as per usual by calling it collateral damage?
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is it? i only saw the bit where they put a noose around his neck...i dunn think they showed it past that point.
nevertheless its good riddance. He was a criminal by any standards, and 'muslim' doesnt even into it. So one down, and several more to go.
Anyone have a wish list..? :-D
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No, it is'nt.
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Forget about the past 35 years, whats next?
my money is on, long civil war, lots off death and destruction, and Iraq robbed off its main resources, cut up like the big pie it is, expect a massive sunni backlash soon.
**Ma Mooli : **Anyone have a wish list..? :-D
King Abdullah of Jordan I think we should do it alphabetically
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Well stated.
Hopefully Blair and Bush will get their necks wrung as well sometime in the future, as well.
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Undie, Just STFU and don’t waste bandwidth.