CNN says he gawn.

How long before the video of this ends up on Youtube?

 

How long until it appears on somebody's myspace?

This couldn't have happened to a "better" guy..IMO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein

CNN Story

 

States it was photographed and taped and will be distributed to media. I don't know if I would want to see the video.

Wish they'd hang Ramsey Clark, too.

 

Well, not really, but that's one of the first things that comes to mind when I think of his execution. The people defending him. Not just the defense attorneys who do it because they've got to, or the people who genuinely don't believe in killing period -- but people like Ramsey Clark who hate everything this country stands for and would join him at the heart.

He gawn.

He gawn.

 

sadamn dead- castro about to die, the cubs are dead.

What a great start to 2007.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/30/hussein/index.html

 

A witness, Iraqi Judge Munir Haddad, said that one of the executioners told Hussein that the former dictator had destroyed Iraq, which sparked an argument that was joined by several government officials in the room.

 

As a noose was tightened around Hussein's neck, one of the executioners yelled "long live Muqtada al-Sadr," Haddad said, referring to the powerful anti-American Shiite religious leader.

 

Hussein, a Sunni, mockingly uttered one last phrase before he died: "Muqtada al-Sadr," according to Haddad's account.

 

The judge said Hussein appeared "totally oblivious to what was going on around him. I was very surprised. He was not afraid of death."

But Haddad's description of Hussein's demeanor before his execution contrasts markedly with that of another witness, Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie. "He was a broken man," al-Rubaie said. "He was afraid. You could see fear in his face." (Watch al-Rubaie describe Hussein's final moments )

 

The former dictator refused to wear a hood as he was hanged, al-Rubaie said.

 

Hussein's death came in "a blink of the eye" after his executioner activated the gallows just after 6 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET), said al-Rubaie.

 

"This dark page has been turned over," al-Rubaie said. "Saddam is gone. Today Iraq is an Iraq for all the Iraqis, and all the Iraqis are looking forward. ... The [Hussein] era has gone forever."

 

How come you left out the contrasting view, in the very next paragraph of your same article, that said he was afraid?

How come you left out the contrasting view, in the very next paragraph of your same article, that said he was afraid?

because it's always different.

I was focused more on the executioner's comments.

 

Meet the new boss. Just more pious than the old boss.

I saw the clips on CNN as they tightened the noose. He didn't look defeated, nor did he look afraid, nor did he look like a raving madman (other than looking like Saddam...which I guess is a raving madman). He spoke with a few of the executioners, and it looked like they explained what he needed to do. He seemed very cooperative.

I saw the clips on CNN as they tightened the noose. He didn't look defeated, nor did he look afraid, nor did he look like a raving madman (other than looking like Saddam...which I guess is a raving madman). He spoke with a few of the executioners, and it looked like they explained what he needed to do. He seemed very cooperative.

 

 

That's what I saw also. Seems the only issue was his reluctance to wear the hood.

 

Interesting choice of words this reporter uses to describe the hanging. He calls it an 'assassination'.

There's now a video of it on LiveLeak.com.

There's now a video of it on LiveLeak.com.

 

that was chilling...

yes the news sites have linked to a video. i haven't watched it yet, but from the article i read and some of the things he said, good riddance

There's now a video of it on LiveLeak.com.

 

Boooooo, for a guy who was slick enough to sneak a cell phone in, his camera work got s***tier and s***tier as the action got better and better. I want my money back.

Boooooo, for a guy who was slick enough to sneak a cell phone in, his camera work got s***tier and s***tier as the action got better and better. I want my money back.

 

The Better Business Bureau is under speed dial as Fire.

Now that I think about it -- isn't it against SoxTalk protocol to allow threads like this to go on? I don't mind, personally -- hell, if it were up to me, you'd be able to talk about whatever whenever and say whatever. But, I'm curious what makes Saddam's execution and entries about it different than Tookie's.

Now that I think about it -- isn't it against SoxTalk protocol to allow threads like this to go on? I don't mind, personally -- hell, if it were up to me, you'd be able to talk about whatever whenever and say whatever. But, I'm curious what makes Saddam's execution and entries about it different than Tookie's.

 

 

We're pricks.

The difference is that this has been the biggest news story in the country/world for the last 24 hours. This is different than some assclown in Texas getting the chair. This is actual news that can affect our situation in Iraq.