Saddam Hussain executed in dawn hanging

[Newspeak International]

Just caught this on the propaganda channel,he'll be executed at around 2
or 2.30 this morning.

Could be seen as the simultaneous death of the republic of USA?

[paul wright]

Well, that's always been a fake Saddam, so it will be a symbolic sacrifice
The real Bush and Blair ought to be with him on the scaffold, at least if I believed in Capital Punishment, which I don't
Seems an awful shame that some little mind-controlled guttersnipe will be killed on the gallows to preserve the myth and promote the chaos
Why did the US take so long to release him to the Iraqis? To reinforce the programming so he didn't break down under threat of imminent death
Viz Timothy McVeigh
Viz Henri Paul

[Linda]

Bush and Blair for the electric chair.

Linda

[Light Infantree]

Its a shame that someone is going to be executed, no matter who he really is. I find it very odd that in a culture where, when it comes to criminals, most are either beheaded or stoned to death, that they have decided to use the gallows. Perhaps a move to appeal to the latent European, and particularly British tradition of hang em' high? A move to stir western emotions on capitol punishment? Who knows. Which ever way you look at it, its a waste of human life and a very obvious move that does wonders for the 'movie' of it all.

[TonyGosling]

As they killed him these mafia that dispense NWO 'justice' in Iraq were burying all the evidence he had inside his head... that Rumsfeld and the Brits made him who he was - he was an eyewitness to our Western leaders' crimes and those of the little-known back room boys.
Bush, Blair and the Iran/Contra neoCons know Saddam is the man who could have put them away or sent THEM to the gallows.
How horrendously evil they are.
What can be done!

And will the backlash
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/29/iraq/main2314780.shtml
against this show trial and execution be used as an excuse for yet more massive false flag terror as an excuse to carpet bomg Iran? God help us!

Only learned yesterday that Rumsfeld used to work at NATO
NATO=NAZI

[Newspeak International]

http://www.cbsnews.com/


Looking on the bright side, at least they've put him on the front page with this tasteful piece!

[scubadiver]

[Newspeak International]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2112555.ece


Robert Fisk: A dictator created then destroyed by America

[Hazzard]

America put him there, so what we just witnessed is a hypocracy.

I dont condone any government or state taking anymans life. But if this is the way it has to be done than surely Reagan, Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Rumsfeld, Cheney and Clinton must be executed in tandom.

[Belinda]

(Still stuck in an Iranian groove!) I often have arguments with my Iranian friends, especially the fiesty 40 year-old whose brothers were killed and whose Mum had her tongue torn out by the regime not just once but twice. Her view is always unequivocal "When Iran is free if I meet one of those mullahs coming down the street I will kill him with my bare hands!" and she means it. I always say no, you can have a lot more satisfaction without getting a drop of blood on your own hands, don't descend to their level! Keep them all alive - put them back in Qom (the clerical capital of Iran) and make that city a kind of museum to an antiquated, barbaric mindset. The top mullahs can be kept there under individual house-arrest but anyone can visit them any time and have a go at them, verbally of course.

There's a former Khomeini deputy being kept like this to this day (he was locked up when he tried to persuade Khomeini not to keep slaughtering dissidents)

Seeing my friend was not really convinced I threw out another idea - "I know, we need a ZOO for the mullahs! Put them in large cages, the top Ayatollahs can go in a kind of lion-house or special enclave for dinosaurs, the lesser ones can run around in a monkey-house. The public can pay to go on Fridays and holidays to throw rotten tomatos and eggs and hurl insults at them through the bars. Could make a lot of money and be a huge tourist attraction for Iran too".

That idea went down a lot better! The point is we NEED everyone alive and accountable, not just to a bunch of lawyers in a show trial but to the ordinary people, their victims; the people need to be able to vent their anger but not with more blood. And everyone needs to have a lot of time to analyse and understand how the evil came about, hence how it can be avoided in future. So yes, everyone needs to hear from a character like Saddam who he had dinner with over 20 years and exactly who wrote him cheques.

There's a spiritual dimension to this - people who have done major wrong to others and abused their power (which is not to say that Saddam is any a worse bogeyman than a whole lot of others we could mention - note the silence of the Kurds at his death, they know who the real regional criminals are!) need time to reflect on their actions and to appease their accusers and for this process to continue until there is REMORSE AND CONTRITION on their, the abuser's part and FORGIVENESS on the side of victim. Of course in reality that is unlikely ever to happen but it should be nonetheless the ideal to which we aspire in such a situation. Neither Saddam nor his victims will be able to get any further in defusing their pain and anger which with his death has got sealed in and unresolved will continue to blight everyone for years to come. But of course that was the intention, wasn't it.

[Banish]

[Busker]

What was the collar or scarf the executioners put round his neck for?

I can't think why they would use something like that. Surely they would not be worried about rope burns.

I've no idea why, but it also seemed a little odd to me he was wearing that big heavy top coat. I don't know what you are supposed to wear when you are about to be hanged, but it just seemed to look wrong somehow.

[TonyGosling]

Rumsfeld actually stepped down as US Defence Secretary on December 18, 2006. And maybe this is why.....?

Just struck me that the newspapers would surely have picked up on that snap of Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam from December 20th 1983.

See this page, which is extremely interesting BTW, for still and video
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/

First he sells him the arms - then he arranges for his execution while Defence Secretary - wouldn't look at all good would it!


Fisk's piece is fair but the Guardian obituary says: "Saddam Hussein, 1937-2006, Brutal and opportunist, he wreaked havoc on his country, the Middle East and the world."

Now how will Bush and Blair be remembered I wonder........?

[marky 54]

saddam was a bad man, but carnt help thinking he would of got away with it if iraq was a democracy from the start , thats how it seems to work elsewhere.

[Dogsmilk]

[Wokeman]

Of the many Saddam Hussein look-alikes, who was hanged, or not

[paul wright]

The snaggle-toothed, under-bite,bearded, dyed-haired, mind-controlled-placid -"dignified when facing death" - replacement bought it in the end
With a black silk scarf and an incredibly thick rope noose
And the people believe this stuff!!!!!!!!!!
Jeeeez - Come on - it's pure black fantasy and fairy tale

[scubadiver]

Fairy tale? Based on what I saw on the "official" footage, my initial impression is that the following clip is genuine (and this carries a warning)

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=863ce7d4a3

[paul wright]

[Bicnarok]

A double was hanged, so what.

http://www.liveleak.com/saddam4.html

[blackcat]

Viewer Discretion Advised.

Unedited Saddam Hanging.

http://one.revver.com/watch/130549

[Newspeak International]

Here's what they say in the BBC News comment section:


http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=5096&start=0&&&ed ition=1&ttl=20061231192250


I've no intention of viewing any video of this,be it Saddam or a doppleganger,cheers though.

[blackcat]

On the Gallows, Curses for US and "Traitors"

By Marc Santora
The New York Times

Sunday 31 December 2006
Baghdad - Saddam Hussein never bowed his head, until his neck snapped.

His last words were equally defiant.

"Down with the traitors, the Americans, the spies and the Persians."

The final hour of Iraq's former ruler began about 5 a.m., when American troops escorted him from Camp Cropper, near the Baghdad airport, to Camp Justice, another American base at the heart of the city.

There, he was handed over to a newly trained unit of the Iraqi National Police, with whom he would later exchange curses. Iraq took full custody of Mr. Hussein at 5:30 a.m.

Two American helicopters flew 14 witnesses from the Green Zone to the execution site - a former headquarters of the Istikhbarat, the deposed government's much feared military intelligence outfit, now inside the American base.

Mr. Hussein was escorted into the room where the gallows, with its red railing, stood, greeted at the door by three masked executioners known as ashmawi. Several of the witnesses present - including Munkith al-Faroun, the deputy prosecutor for the court; Munir Haddad, the deputy chief judge for the Iraqi High Tribunal; and Sami al- Askari, a member of Parliament - described in detail how the execution unfolded and independently recounted what was said.

To protect himself from the bitter cold before dawn during the short trip, Mr. Hussein wore a 1940s-style wool cap, a scarf and a long black coat over a white collared shirt.

His executioners wore black ski masks, but Mr. Hussein could still see their deep brown skin and hear their dialects, distinct to the Shiite southern part of the country, where he had so brutally repressed two separate uprisings.

The small room had a foul odor. It was cold, had bad lighting and a sad, melancholic atmosphere. With the witnesses and 11 other people - including guards and the video crew - it was cramped.

Mr. Hussein's eyes darted about, trying to take in just who was going to put an end to him.

The executioners took his hat and his scarf.

Mr. Hussein, whose hands were bound in front of him, was taken to the judge's room next door. He followed each order he was given.

He sat down and the verdict, finding him guilty of crimes against humanity, was read aloud.

"Long live the nation!" Mr. Hussein shouted. "Long live the people! Long live the Palestinians!"

He continued shouting until the verdict was read in full, and then he composed himself again.

When he rose to be led back to the execution room at 6 a.m., he looked strong, confident and calm. Whatever apprehension he may have had only minutes earlier had faded.

The general prosecutor asked Mr. Hussein to whom he wanted to give his Koran. He said Bandar, the son of Awad al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court who was also to be executed soon.

The room was quiet as everyone began to pray, including Mr. Hussein. "Peace be upon Mohammed and his holy family."

Two guards added, "Supporting his son Moktada, Moktada, Moktada."

Mr. Hussein seemed a bit stunned, swinging his head in their direction.

They were talking about Moktada al-Sadr, the firebrand cleric whose militia is now committing some of the worst violence in the sectarian fighting; he is the son of a revered Shiite cleric, Muhammad Sadiq al- Sadr, whom many believe Mr. Hussein ordered murdered.

"Moktada?" he spat out, mixing sarcasm and disbelief.

Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser, asked Mr. Hussein if he had any remorse or fear.

"No," he said bluntly. "I am a militant and I have no fear for myself. I have spent my life in jihad and fighting aggression. Anyone who takes this route should not be afraid."

Mr. Rubaie, standing shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Hussein, asked him about the killing of the elder Mr. Sadr.

They were standing so close to each other that others could not hear the exchange.

One of the guards, though, became angry. "You have destroyed us," the masked man yelled. "You have killed us. You have made us live in destitution."

Mr. Hussein was scornful: "I have saved you from destitution and misery and destroyed your enemies, the Persians and Americans."

The guard cursed him. "God damn you."

Mr. Hussein replied, "God damn you."

Two witnesses, apparently uninvolved in selecting the guards, exchanged a quiet joke, saying they gathered that the goal of disbanding the militias had yet to be accomplished.

The deputy prosecutor, Mr. Faroun, berated the guards, saying, "I will not accept any offense directed at him."

Mr. Hussein was led up to the gallows without a struggle. His hands were unbound, put behind his back, then fastened again. He showed no remorse. He held his head high.

The executioners offered him a hood. He refused. They explained that the thick rope could cut through his neck and offered to use the scarf he had worn earlier to keep that from happening. Mr. Hussein accepted.

He stood on the high platform, with a deep hole beneath it.

He said a last prayer. Then, with his eyes wide open, no stutter or choke in his throat, he said his final words cursing the Americans and the Persians.

At 6:10 a.m., the trapdoor swung open. He seemed to fall a good distance, but he died swiftly. After just a minute, his body was still. His eyes still were open but he was dead. Despite the scarf, the rope cut a gash into his neck.

His body stayed hanging for another nine minutes as those in attendance broke out in prayer, praising the Prophet, at the death of a dictator.

Ali Adeeb and Khalid al-Ansary contributed reporting from Baghdad.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/123106Z.shtml
Original Link at NY Times

[Hazzard]

Oh how wonderful. The circle of life continues.

I am so sick of this hypocritic world and the large praportion of demented fools who now think that this will some how fix everything.

Eugh, man the NWO has this tiny rock right between its fingers.

[Graham]

as a follow up to the Independent article above I also found this.....

Is the Moscow Times to be beleived?

http://context.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/22/120.html

[THETRUTHWILLSETU3]

George Galloway has met Saddam twice - he should be able to say if the real Saddam was executed

[paul wright]

Saddam 1...2...3...?

[dry kleaner]

This is what Riverbend from Bagdad had to say on the matter

[wickywoowoo]

If you watch the video you see on Sky News and the like, the man in the black leather coat appears to be a white man and he is wearing a big Mr T-esque bling ring on his hand. It's just like the fakey fatty Bin Laden thing with the gold all over him.

While I am not saying this is some sign that it wasn't Saddam or anything, it makes me think that US involvement was clearly evident, despite the "no foreign involvement occured" statement we were given.

[paul wright]