Saddam gets death

[JERI]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6117910.stm

See you on the other side Saddam.

[Infinit]

now it's offical

but no BIG suprise…

[Ahim]

Yeah, he had it coming

[Jabo]

Who cares...

[blog]

lol its funny cause noone seriously gives a fuck :D

[asoir]

Hanging...it's disturbing they still do that.

[squidmonk3j]

it's been a long and weird journey towards the inevitable. too bad the situation in iraq is way too messed up for this to have any real meaning.

[Adam Nowak]

it's been a long and weird journey towards the inevitable. too bad the situation in iraq is way too messed up for this to have any real meaning.

It'll only make the situation worse in Iraq now. And hanging does seem a little old fashioned...

Does anyone else here think they should have Saddam sit in jail for the rest of his life?

[Aether]

I always wondered why didnt the guy who supposedly "found" him just throw a grenade into that hole Saddam was hiding in. Wouldve saved alot of trouble on both ends and would have saved the Iraqis from having to watch a mockery of a trial.

Yeah hanging seems a little old fashioned. I was waiting for something a bit more modern, like lazers.

[AngryScientist]

Hanging...it's disturbing they still do that.
Yeah, that's sick. Even shot by a firing squad sounds better than hanging.

[joelhinxman]

i bet it will be a long time befor the ever actualy do it. he will probley be old and already dieing then they will hang him

[Infinit]

Hanging...it's disturbing they still do that.

don't think this is bad!
cruzification is still around in some countrys!

we do live in the year 2006 but the cruelity of man doesn't care

[evildisco]

End of an era.

[Aether]

Not necessarily. Theres still some of his ex-party members / supporters in Iraq who are bringing in more foreign(non-iraqi) manpower to fight for their cause.

[demented]

Think the US are sticking their foot in it a bit. Saddam has many supporters, this may well spark more than celebrations and protests.

At least he'll be able to hook up with Satan soon, they'll make such a lively couple.

http://www.radiofreesc.com/uploaded_images/satan_saddam-743045.jpg

That is until that Chris-nutritionist dude shows up and steals him...

- d.

[Mike Frank]

They want him dead.. its too embarassing to have the dictator that we gave support to be alive. Dont want a guy like that talking too much.

[jfwalls]

If he is executed he will only become a martyr to some. I disagree with execution though. The whole "eye for an eye" philosophy is antiquated, and only perpetuates the cycle of violence. The penalty of death has never been a deterrant to killing.

[evildisco]

He won't be killed, just ask Pinochet or Milosevic for that matter.
These guys await execution for the rest of their lives, but never get it.

[light]

Chances are that through appeals and other bullcrap the whole affair will take years before anything is done.

Besides, hanging is just a way for america to say "lolowned", I doubt the person who will die really gives a damn how it happens.

[Shamagim]

How convenient, just when things calmed down in Iraq.

Everything about this screams "convenient", even the fact that he will be hanged.

[Marko Djurdjevic]

He won't be killed, just ask Pinochet or Milosevic for that matter.
These guys await execution for the rest of their lives, but never get it.



Milosevic has been dead for 8 months now....

[sktrdie]

is he different from bush? why isn't bush hanged?

[thirdeye]

I always wondered why didnt the guy who supposedly "found" him just throw a grenade into that hole Saddam was hiding in. Wouldve saved alot of trouble on both ends and would have saved the Iraqis from having to watch a mockery of a trial.

Well, because there would be no SHOW. With at least couple of bombings a day, unemployment etc I don't think that Iraqis really care about the trial. They'd probably prefer to tear him apart in the street, you know 30 minutes max, everyone gets a piece and everyone gets to go on with their lives. I think that Bush wouldn't mind that either but it wouldn't look good with the whole bringing down the tyrany propaganda.

[light]

is he different from bush? why isn't bush hanged?
Lets not do that...

[JAG.]

theres many good points to agree with here.. that guy deserves much worse than a hanging, but as mentioned anything worse may have repercussions. but letting him live is too good, but again, who are we to judge and to diminish the value of a human's life. i say we just stuff him in a barrel and throw his ass in the ocean. the sooner we finish this nonsense the better.. - JAG

[sktrdie]

Lets not do that...
I was being "ironical", I'm against any act of violence

[Spade]

death penalty is barbaric, life imprisonment is enough of a punishment

it depresses me that the death of suddam will be something the administration clings to as proof of thier "succsess"

it likewise depresses me that the same administration has such disregard for justice and the true workings of law (continually removing judges etc not to mention guantamo).
I also get frustrated that 10's of thousands of iraqis have had to die during all this. To me this whole issue has shown that there is extremely little value placed on human life, but an extrordinary amount is placed on american life.

It is scary to think about what precidents may have been set by this whole war.

then again maybe none of this stuff is that new....

[Aether]

I wouldnt assume that Iraq was a peaceful country before either and eventhough the removal of Saddam cant be backed up anymore I think in the long run theyre still going to do more good than harm to the nation. Hell perhaps the iraqi people can now form political parties and actually have an impact on the way the country is run instead of being loaded into trucks and shot in the desert. Then again on the other hand was it really any of our business what happened in Iraq?

Most people just dont care unless its plastered+filtered through CNN.

[JAG.]

cnn is a joke.. dont believe everything you hear on 'the news'. besides, maybe the US shouldnt be stickin its nose in other countries' business, but then again, will this worl EVER unite into the global community it claims to want to to become if no one gets involved in anything?? - JAG

[Scorned1]

Milosevic has been dead for 8 months now....

Yeah but he died in his sleep from elevated blood pressure. He got off easy for the things he did IMO.

[vigostar]

cnn is a joke.. dont believe everything you hear on 'the news'. besides, maybe the US shouldnt be stickin its nose in other countries' business, but then again, will this worl EVER unite into the global community it claims to want to to become if no one gets involved in anything?? - JAG

Oh, man.. As long as theres money to made and small countries that need "protecting" the good ol' You Es of A will be there. Our country is run like a business its just too bad that "heads of states" think its Enron and not a country.

On the Saddam discussion. Ive always thought of the death penalty to be a rather harsh sentence. I'm sure theres some small inhabitable island thats surrounded by shark infested waters somewhere in the world where they can put all of the worst criminals together and just let the fend for themselves all while "big brother" keeps a close eye on things. Keeping him incarcerated is too easy of a judgement and killing him just shrinks you down to his level. Ultimately people want revenge especially the family of the thousands he killed. Do I blame them???

[FLenG]

20 years more to go till US and Saudi Arabia control the middle east. Yippee.

[Aether]

Time to put the 2nd amendment into action I guess :P

[jfwalls]

They should send Saddam to Guantanomo.

[staylor]

On the Saddam discussion. Ive always thought of the death penalty to be a rather harsh sentence. I'm sure theres some small inhabitable island thats surrounded by shark infested waters somewhere in the world where they can put all of the worst criminals together and just let the fend for themselves all while "big brother" keeps a close eye on things. Keeping him incarcerated is too easy of a judgement and killing him just shrinks you down to his level. Ultimately people want revenge especially the family of the thousands he killed. Do I blame them???

I think that was tried once, some little place called Australia.

[Cwn Annwn]

Oi...when will folks quit taking dumps on poor old backwater Australia?

:P

[DSillustration]

He won't be killed, just ask Pinochet or Milosevic for that matter.
These guys await execution for the rest of their lives, but never get it.

if the verdict is upheld, the execution must take place within 30 days according their law.

the trouble is that his lawyers will file for an appeal.
the panel which handles the appeals has no time restriction on how long they need to decide.
it is a nine judge panel, and depending on who it is made up of, it may be quick...
or it may not.

either way, i doubt he'll be around very long.

[JAG.]

I think that was tried once, some little place called Australia.

haha :D yeah exactly. besides, not too sure about putting the worst of the worst on an island together. after the initial 'im badder than you are' killings.. the rest will band together and figure out a way to escape and then try to take over the world... cuz im sure some douche bag will take his fishing boat out there and try to help 'em out. - JAG

[evildisco]

Milosevic has been dead for 8 months now....


He died of natural causes.

[moopuff]

It'll only make the situation worse in Iraq now. And hanging does seem a little old fashioned...

Does anyone else here think they should have Saddam sit in jail for the rest of his life?

Hanging is old fashioned, but it puts out a sort of message. I don't really care how they kill him.
They shouldn't kill him anyway. All that it's going to accomplish is his death. Big whoop. The thing to do is have him sit in jail forever. He would fall off of the radar and no one would care. Now that they are hanging him it may just cause an uproar of followers or something. That's definately not a good thing. (If he has any followers left, the government could be lying about it and no one would know...)

edit- Sorry, but I don't think the death penalty is harsh at all. Think about it, if someone murders people in cold blood, knows that it's wrong, and still wants to do it some more, why should they live? Even though I still think they should just be in solitary confinement for the rest of their life, that's torture in itself.

[Professor Az]

Killing him will make him a martyr... life imprisonment is far worse for him. Especially if they stuff him in solitary confinement so he can't shoot his mouth off.

With the appeal process, he may be around for some time. Darn it all.

:P

[Flip]

It doesn't give high hopes for 'democracy' in Iraq when their first major act is one of violence (not that democracy seems to be flourishing anywhere).

[Noë]

I do believe that life in prison is much more of a punishment than death, but ah well..
It's kinda ironic that when Saddam still was the leader in Iraq, there were far less people dying there than there are nowadays.

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