For the record, on the Arab calender, that will be the beginninh of the Hajj in Mecca.
I would guess the hanging will occur before or after those holy days.
Saturday 12/30/06..... my date in the pool.
Friday is my date in the pool.
However, I've just read that the office of the Iraqi president have asked for clarification whether the president's signature is needed. An official in the Justice ministry said that the president needs to sign if the execution is to be carried out immediately. So I guess we just have to wait for the bureaucrats to sort it out!
The stampede death number over under this year is 1155. Id take the over, especially if saddam is wrung up this week.
Works for me. Good way to end a year, but not to begin one.