Saddam Hussein Executed By Hanging With No Hood Over His Head
December 30th 2006 02:44 am
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at a secure facility in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
The news was confirmed to the BBC by the Iraqi deputy foreign minister.
Iraqi TV said the execution took place just before 0600 local time (0300GMT). A representative of the prime minister and a Sunni Muslim cleric were present.
Two co-defendants, Saddam Hussein’s half-brother and a former chief judge, are to be executed at a later date.
Congratulations to the world. The tyrant has kicked the bucket. Hrmm, more like the bucket has been kicked from under the tyrant’s feet. Next tyrant……….Dubya!
All three were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a year-long trial over the 1982 killings of 148 Shias in the town of Dujail.
A small group of Iraqis witnessed the execution at an Iraqi compound known by the Americans as Camp Justice, a secure facility in the northern Baghdad suburb of Khadimeya.
They watched as a judge read out the sentence to Saddam Hussein. The former Iraqi leader was carrying a copy of the Koran and asked for it to be given to a friend.
Saddam Hussein When He Was Captured
It’s beyond me how religions can cause so many innocent lives. Bunch of bleedin’ extremists. Die!
The noose was then placed around his neck. When the hangman stepped forward to put the hood over his head, Saddam Hussein made it clear he wanted to die without it.
The execution took just a few minutes.
Video footage of the execution is expected to be released as final proof of Saddam Hussein’s demise although it is expected to stop short of showing the actual death.
US troops and Iraqi security forces are on high alert for any violent backlash. The US State Department has urged all its embassies to increase security.
Not so smug now, are you?
I wonder how he looked like when he croaked. Did his eyes pop out and his tongue hang over his lips frozen? They shouldn’t stop the video short of his death though, everyone has a right to see that he’s “actually” dead.
US President George W Bush hailed the execution as “an important milestone” on the road to building an Iraqi democracy, but warned it would not end the deadly violence there.
He said: “It is a testament to the Iraqi people’s resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial.
Of course it will not end violence, Dubya. In fact more people will die and most of them shall be Americans. Thanks Mr. President!
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