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Posted: December 30 2006 at 07:03

The were showing the moments before Saddams hanging on the news a few seconds ago. Apparently they made a video of it. But luckily they didn't show the actual death. But still I do not want to see them puting the noose around his neck.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 07:04

kazansky wrote:

Mr. Bush surely can sleep well now...

He should have been sleeping well awhile ago, but noooo he has to go into Iraq and "finish" what his dad did. It was a stupid thing to do.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 08:37

This still won't solve any of the problems in Iraq.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 09:32

This execution was so quickly done, that it worse than a murder. Ever heard of proper appeals????.... (even if Saddam was not the kind to allow appeals).

I propose Bush goes on trial (the same one that tried Saddam or the one in The Hague) for the many more deaths of Iraqians than 30 years of Saddam regime.

Pinochet dies in bed because he was pro-US (or anti-communist) and Saddam is executed because he was anti-US (and at first pro-communist >> the Baas party was of communist obedience in the 60 and 70's)

This murder is properly scandalous.(more in the manner than on the whole of the charges)

The least they could've done is put him to a firing squad as he had requested.

And this execution is only the start of more unrest.

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 09:37

Sean Trane wrote:

This execution was so quickly done, that it worse than a murder. Ever heard of proper appeals????.... (even if Saddam was not the kind to allow appeals).

I propose Bush goes on trial (the same one that tried Saddam or the one in The Hague) for the many more deaths of Iraqians than 30 years of Saddam regime.

Pinochet dies in bed because he was pro-US (or anti-communist) and Saddam is executed because he was anti-US (and at first pro-communist >> the Baas party was of communist obedience in the 60 and 70's)

This murder is properly scandalous.(more in the manner than on the whole of the charges)

The least they could've done is put him to a firing squad as he had requested.

And this execution is only the start of more unrest.

Bertrand Russell did a trial of LBJ for war crimes in late 60s... no effective action only the legitimate issue.

Talking about Saddam's execution, I think he should die in prison as old as possible, gathering manure, ironing clothes, sweeping floors, etc. Now he became a martyr!

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 09:38

Agreed. What would they achieve either by execute him while the trials never go well. Won't it raise suspicion among others ?

The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 10:35

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Take a telling RA.

English is not the first language of all Canadians.

Calling other memebrs unintelligent or ignorant is out of line, end of story.

Moving on...

Lol. Yes it is. French is the second language of Canadians.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 10:52

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Edited by Easy Livin - December 30 2006 at 11:57

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 10:53

Didn't want to see that. Thumbs Down

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 10:54

Me either.

Edited by progismylife - December 30 2006 at 10:54

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 10:55

Snow Dog wrote:

Didn't want to see that.

Sorry. Couldn't resist...

"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 10:59

Tuzvihar wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

Didn't want to see that.

Sorry. Couldn't resist...

That wasn't funny either.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 11:17

exactly what do the people responsible think they achieved through this? I'm curious...

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 11:24

Sean Trane wrote:

<FONT face=Verdana size=2>This execution was so quickly done, that it worse than a murder. Ever heard of proper appeals????.... (even if Saddam was not the kind to allow appeals). I propose Bush goes on trial (the same one that tried Saddam or the one in The Hague) for the many more deaths of Iraqians than 30 years of Saddam regime. Pinochet dies in bed because he was pro-US (or anti-communist) and Saddam is executed because he was anti-US (and at first pro-communist >> the Baas party was of communist obedience in the 60 and 70's) This murder is properly scandalous.(more in the manner than on the whole of the charges) The least they could've done is put him to a firing squad as he had requested. And this execution is only the start of more unrest.

I agree with you.

Other opinions in the same vein:

FATHER FEDERICO LOMBARDI, VATICAN SPOKESMAN

"A capital punishment is always tragic news, a reason for sadness, even if it deals with a person who was guilty of grave crimes...

The killing of the guilty party is not the way to reconstruct justice and reconcile society. On the contrary, there is a risk that it will feed a spirit of vendetta and sow new violence."

RICHARD DICKER, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

"Saddam Hussein was responsible for massive human rights violations, but that can't justify giving him the death penalty, which is a cruel and inhuman punishment...

The test of a government's commitment to human rights is measured by the way it treats its worst offenders...

It defies imagination that the Appeals Chamber could have thoroughly reviewed the 300-page judgment and the defence's written arguments in less than three weeks' time... The appeals process appears even more flawed than the trial..."

"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 11:45

Here's some I think FoxNews coverage of the execution. Cuts off before the hanging, though.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6320865258829327020&q=saddam+execution+video&hl=en

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 11:59

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 12:14

Anyone else wish to take back the past 4 years and have Saddam still in power?

I know I do.

Edited by stonebeard - December 30 2006 at 12:23

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 12:16

stonebeard wrote:

Anyone else wish to takle back the past 4 years and have Saddam still in power?

I know I do.

How about the past 16 years so we could take him out when the first George Bush went to Iraq for a good reason.

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 12:17

stonebeard wrote:

Anyone else wish to takle back the past 4 years and have Saddam still in power?

I know I do.

Why?

"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

Charles Bukowski

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Posted: December 30 2006 at 12:18

ResidentAlien wrote:

Easy Livin wrote:

Take a telling RA.

English is not the first language of all Canadians.

Calling other memebrs unintelligent or ignorant is out of line, end of story.

Moving on...

Lol. Yes it is. French is the second language of Canadians.

Sorry, RA but you obviously don't know what you are talking about.

Canada has two equal official languages. English and French. (The majority of Quebecers, for example, speak French as their mother tongue.)

We also have many immigrants whose first language is neither English nor French, and the most ethnically-diverse city in the world -- Toronto.

Get your facts straight before making pronouncements about other people's countries, please!

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On topic: I am against capital punishment, even for murdering dictators. (Though if anyone ever deserved to die for his crimes against his own people, Saddam surely was one such.)

Edited by Peter Rideout - December 30 2006 at 12:21

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