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Iraq Clears Way For First Legal Hangings Since Saddam's Fall
The Associated Press ^ | August 17, 2005 | AP

Posted on 08/17/2005 7:34:43 AM PDT by Westlander

President Jalal Talabani has paved the way for the first legal execution in Iraq since the 2003 fall of Saddam Hussein, the presidential office said Wednesday. The case involves three men sentenced to hang for murdering three policemen.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: baghdad; execution; hanging; iraq
The new government is developing just fine.
1 posted on 08/17/2005 7:34:44 AM PDT by Westlander
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To: Westlander

Methinks Saddam will hang, as well.


2 posted on 08/17/2005 7:35:30 AM PDT by Preachin' (Enoch's testimony was that he pleased God: Why are we still here?)
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To: Westlander

I wonder if this will pave the way to hang women who look at men? I don't necessarily think this is a good thing.


3 posted on 08/17/2005 7:38:11 AM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Westlander

Nothing concentrates the mind like a hanging in the morning.


4 posted on 08/17/2005 7:39:11 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Westlander

The new government is developing just fine.

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Too bad the U.S. government can't learn something from the very effective methodology of the Middle East when it comes to justice and breaking the law...what a great way to put the ACLU out of a job!!! :-)


5 posted on 08/17/2005 7:40:46 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Westlander

hang 'em high.


6 posted on 08/17/2005 7:46:26 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Preachin'

I doubt it, probably life at worst.


7 posted on 08/17/2005 8:29:37 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: EagleUSA
Too bad the U.S. government can't learn something from the very effective methodology of the Middle East when it comes to justice and breaking the law...what a great way to put the ACLU out of a job!!! :-)

The first ones you hang is the Advancing Criminals' Liberties Union. IMNSHO.

"Someone said 'Kill the lawyers', and upon thinking about it, it's a good idea, because then at the trial, we wouldn't have adequate representation in the eyes of the law." (Dennis Miller, The Raw Feed, 2003, Chicago, IL)

8 posted on 08/17/2005 8:58:37 AM PDT by Christian4Bush (The modern Democratic Party: Attacking our defenders and defending our attackers.)
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