Saddam Hussein Hanging LIVE Thread

[AVNevis]

Since it now seems very imminent, I decided that it was an appropriate time to start this up. Links to information and pictures (if we get them) can be posted here.

[mhking]

Did you see the MSNBC anchor choke while reporting on Saddam this morning?

[streetpreacher]

I didn't say anything about the posts on this thread. A tad touchy there are we?

Are you a believer in Christ? If you're not, then what I wrote doesn't apply to you.

[TexKat]

Saddam asks U.S. to block execution

By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Saddam Hussein on Friday made a last-minute appeal to an American court to avert execution in Iraq, asking a judge to block his transfer from U.S. custody to the hands of Iraqi officials.

Hussein's lawyers filed documents Friday afternoon asking for an emergency restraining order aimed at stopping the U.S. government from relinquishing custody of the condemned former Iraqi leader to Iraqi officials, a spokeswoman for a federal court in Washington D.C. said.

The documents were being processed and were not immediately made public. The Justice Department had not yet responded to the request.

A similar request by the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, was denied Thursday and is under appeal. Al-Bandar also faces execution. The Justice Department argued in that case that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction to interfere with the judicial process of another country.

Al-Bandar argued that his trial violated his rights under the U.S. Constitution but Justice countered that foreigners being tried in foreign courts are not protected by the U.S. Constitution.

The appeals court did not indicate when it would rule on the issue.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/saddam_sentence

[j_tull]

"Our respect for human rights requires us to execute him, and there will be no review or delay in carrying out the sentence," al-Maliki said.

BBWWHWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAa

[Senator Goldwater]

Swinging on the Gallow's Pole, swinging on the Gallow's Pole, swing...

[mhking]

Hi Michael, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks so much!

[MamaB]

They are a sad bunch.

[proud American in Canada]

Re that plastic shredder pic--OMG what a horrifying way to die.

[null and void]

Let's assume that we could prove Christ supported the death penalty.

If there were no death penalty there would be no Christianity.

[TaxRelief]

Hi, Billbears!

This "glee" is actually just time-killing on a slow thread.

The Hangman game is entertaining as a time-killer (no pun intended).

[altura]

One of the things I love about these 'live' threads on Free Republic is that we always end up talking about food... even on a death watch thread.

[battlegearboat]

"I tried to like Mark Twian, but I can't."

Skay, it's a guy thing.

[yield 2 the right]

THE EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN STAYED!!!

JUST KIDDING.....

[A Citizen Reporter]

"What I can't understand is WHY Iraqi State TV would BROADCAST the fact that they're about to hang him!"

I'm not sure this would have been their original plan. But Hussein's lawyers have been leaking mis-information all day and the American press has been running with single sources (as per usual).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Dockers rather than Sweats.....thanks for asking....

[MamaB]

Someone should start another game. It could be different.

[mhking]

Saddam asks U.S. to block execution

"Department of Ironies, may I help you?"

[Severa]

Dude. That's not right. *LOL* Damn near gave me a heart attack...

[pissant]

We need a contest to judge the best Keyword: My vote goes to ---- HELENTHOMASAWAITS.


ROFL!

[jonrick46]

"I'm hoping that if there's a video made of the hanging, they enhance it with Benny Hill music!"

I hope they play "Dueling Banjos " from the movie Deliverance. I hope that Saddam finds out the Devil is a queer and as the banjos bong in his ear, the Devil is shouting, "Bend over boy! I'm going to make you squeeeeeeel like a pig!"