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Saddam 'very likely' to be hanged
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| July 4, 2004
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Posted on 07/04/2004 10:40:46 AM PDT by MadIvan
Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is "very likely" to be hanged if convicted on charges of war crimes and genocide, Britain's former special envoy to Iraq said.
Sir Jeremy Greenstock said the Iraqi authorities would reinstate capital punishment as the ultimate sanction in their criminal code. The punishment was suspended during the coalition's rule of the country.
Saddam faced a range of charges including the gassing of Iraqi Kurds and the 1990 invasion of Kuwait when he made a preliminary appearance before a court in Baghdad last week.
Interviewed on BBC 1's Breakfast with Frost, Sir Jeremy said: "If he (Saddam) is found guilty, I think it is very likely that he would be executed.
"The Iraqis will change the law from the occupation period. Obviously the British are against that in principle. But this is now an Iraqi trial.
"The important thing I think, internationally and indeed for Iraqis, is that this trial should be a fair one, under recognised and acceptable rules of procedure."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fryhisass; hanged; iraq; iraqijustice; prisonersaddam; saddam; trial
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To: MadIvan
Just boil him in a barrel of pig fat!
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:02:41 AM PDT
by
dalereed
To: Riley
100% correct. Saddam must not be allowed to live if Iraq is to move ahead. If they think there's even a 1% chance he could ever return to power, they are not going to embrace democracy as they would if they knew he was gone.
I do wonder, though, how the anti-death-penalty folks are going to muddy up the works or if they will grant a hypocritical "exemption" for crimes against humanity.
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:05:09 AM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(Ronald Reagan - Greatest President of the 20th Century.)
To: MadIvan
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:11:18 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: EggsAckley
I've had the same niggling feeling. It isn't the Iraqi government that I think will accidently free him, I fear it will be one of our stupid, bottom-sucking, tree-hugging liberals who will free the beast. You know, they will feel sorry for him.
To: MadIvan
I remember old folks when I was a kid talking about hangings they had seen. I have never wanted to watch a hanging but I would reconsider that decision for this one.
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:16:51 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: MadIvan
Hanging is very suitable for the bootless and unhorsed.
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:16:53 AM PDT
by
LibKill
(Happy Birthday America! I love you.)
To: Tall_Texan
I think the texas phrase applies here:
He needed killin'.
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:21:38 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Daniel Pearle - Nick Berg - Paul Johnson - Kim Sun-il - When will this end?)
To: MadIvan
If hanging was good enough for Nazi war criminals, it is certainly fine for Saddam.
To: DreadCthulhu
If hanging was good enough for Nazi war criminals, it is certainly fine for Saddam. Indeed, and Yog Sothoth to you as well.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:23:24 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can change the world.)
To: MadIvan
There'd be one fewer foreign "leader" supporting Kerry.
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:26:13 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Don't confuse disagreement with argumentation.)
To: MadIvan
I can't wait for the videotape.
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:28:11 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(End the imperialist moo slime colonization of the West!)
To: MadIvan
I think they should hang him a little at the time. First hang his left arm, then his right. Then move on to his legs before hanging him from the neck.
Oh, and let him see each of his limbs hanging from the other ropes before they hang him from the neck.
To: savedbygrace
Normally hanging is a rather humane form of execution, as the neck snaps instantly once the body drops through the gallows. However it may be worth considering lowering Saddam down gradually so he is slowly strangled to death.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:29:49 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can change the world.)
To: MadIvan
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:40:42 AM PDT
by
meema
To: MadIvan
Well, don't I at least get points for originality?
To: savedbygrace
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:41:37 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(Ronald Reagan - proof positive that one man can change the world.)
To: EggsAckley
eggs being 2o miles from that madman I woke straight out of bed from dream of news reports that either saddam escaped or was absolved of all crimes....couldnt go back to sleep either.it was and extremly out of the blue...i hope i aint got ESPn lol
To: Semper Paratus
Maybe a bungee gallows over a paper shredder?
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posted on
07/04/2004 11:54:04 AM PDT
by
TN4Liberty
(Life is a quagmire. Get used to it.)
To: MadIvan
Thanks for humouring me, as I'm in a weird mood. Watching
The Patriot for Independence Day and the chopping scene in the woods affected me all over again.
Oh wait a minute, forgot where you are. Pardon me. (Hey, at least I spelled humoring with a u.)
To: SGTARKyTEK
What a nightmare!! Yes, let's hope that's ALL it was.
Stay safe.
Happy Fourth!
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posted on
07/04/2004 12:03:20 PM PDT
by
EggsAckley
("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." Evita Rodham Clinton)
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