Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:15:00
Because I have no qualms about showing this kind of thing, that’s why
Nothing of the actual execution of Saddam, but if I had ‘em I’d post ‘em. Any captions below are taken from AlJazeera.net and translated.
Iraqi authorities wanted the uniqueness of this day for the execution of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein refused to cover the eyes during execution
“It was very quick. He died right away,” one of the Iraqi officials who witnessed the execution told Reuters news agency.
Describing the execution of the former President, who was sentenced to death on Nov. 5 after he was convicted of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shia villagers in the town of Dujail, Sami al-Askari, a political ally of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, told Reuters “We heard his neck snap.”
“He seemed very calm. He did not tremble,” one senior witness to the execution told Reuters.
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Bound and shackled with his face uncovered, Saddam recited a brief prayer as he was taken by the guards to the execution room and had the noose put around his neck.
He then recited the Muslim profession of faith “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet” before being taken to the scaffold.
I’ll be the one to say it - He died, if these reports are true, like a man. Why, I have no idea, he had no reason to be proud, but there he seems to have stood, head held high, steady, accepting death. Gotta give him that much, I suppose.
The world became ever so slightly better when his neck snapped. No matter what violence his death may inspire, the world is a better place without him and his two torture-loving sons in it. I doubt even the Pope could find a viable argument with which to disagree with me on that point.
Sorry, anti-death-penalty folks. I just cannot, even looking at the man with the noose around his neck, muster a single iota of sympathy for him or find fault with the idea of ending his life.
*UPDATE*
More images and some video:
Posted by JimK at 09:15 AM on December 30, 2006
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#2 Posted by Rann Aridorn 
on 12/30 at 12:52 PM -
I just cannot, even looking at the man with the noose around his neck, muster a single iota of sympathy for him or find fault with the idea of ending his life.
Ditto.
#3 Posted by Orpheus 
on 12/30 at 02:15 PM -
You can find the video here: http://tinyurl.com/yhr35f
#4 Posted by Harley W Daugherty on 12/30 at 08:23 PM -
I wonder waht his last thoughts were..
#5 Posted by Rann Aridorn on 12/30 at 08:31 PM -
I wonder waht his last thoughts were..
“Goddammit, Kerry, you promised me you’d win. I was supposed to be sitting in the Oval Office with you sipping tea and sharing a laugh over how stupid Americans were to elect you. But nooooo, you couldn’t just have your wife take a plane trip and crash like I told you to, you had to let her TALK...”
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#1 Posted by Capmeister
on 12/30 at 12:18 PM -
It is a good day, and I am happy at his death. :-)