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.

[myprecious]

I hope this doesn't take long. I need to wash my hair.

LOL. This is a day to put the hair in a pony tail, dinner in the slow cooker, and admit you are going to FREEP all day. That's my plan.

[llevrok]

The goons in the Lounge backroom have a box of White Owls ready to pass out when the news breaks....

[jimbo123]

[steveegg]

That was a couple hours from being another ShepSmith "Nonononononononono!" moment.

[tiredoflaundry]

LOL!

[Right_in_Virginia]

This is a day to put the hair in a pony tail, dinner in the slow cooker, and admit you are going to FREEP all day. That's my plan.

LOL! This needs to wrap up by 3:00---I've GOT to get my hair cut ;-)

[TET1968]

Remember that little boy and his family held hostage by Saddam during Desert Storm?
CNN showed him patting the little boy on the head and inquiring if the little fellow was getting his milk.

I would love to see that "Little" boy, now a grown man, standing on the gallows patting Saddam on the head and asking him if the rope was too tight.

[southernnorthcarolina]

YOU'VE GOT ME DANGLING ON A STRING -- Chairmen of the Board

You've got me dangling on a string
Please don't let me drop
My life will surely stop
'Cause I'm trapped in a dream of needing you so
My heart's in a noose and I can't break loose

I'm not half the man that I used to be, and I'll admit it
Your love has become a habit to me, and I can't quit it
Won't you take this half a man and make this man whole again?

You've got me dangling on a string
Please don't let me drop
'Cause you're everything I've got
'Cause I'm trapped in a dream of needing you so
The feeling is strong and I can't let go

Every time I phone, your number's changed or disconnected
You have made my life a book of games--I feel so rejected
Girl, you've got the best of me, now come and take the rest of me

You've got me dangling on a string
Please don't let me drop
You're everything I've got
'Cause I'm trapped in a dream of needing you so
My heart's in a noose and I can't break loose

Girl, my nights are so lonely
Ooh, I'm needing you only

I only drink enough from your loving cup to keep me thirsty
Girl my need for you is oh so strong until it hurts me

You've got me dangling on a string
Please don't let me drop
You're everything I've got
'Cause I'm trapped in a dream of needing you so
The feeling is strong and I can't let go

You've got me dangling on a string...

[RightResponse]

"He's dead, Jim..."

[TexKat]

CNN is/was not the only media outlet that thought that. Do a Google News search on saddam confusion

The confusion was all over the place earlier.

[dd5339]

Pinging to watch...

Semper Fi

[pookie18]

Click below for audio:

Click below for Saddam audio:

[Steve_Seattle]

"The goons in the Lounge backroom have a box of White Owls ready to pass out when the news breaks...."

Only White Owls? This deserves a Macanudo at least. I light up a White Owl when I tap in for a bogie on a par four.

[BunnySlippers]

Excerpting a story coming over the NYSE broadtape now:

Speculation, Secrecy Shrouds Saddam's Final Hours

By Ibon Villelabeitia
BAGHDAD, Dec 29 (Reuters)(SNIP)
U.S.-backed al Hurra television quoted unnamed sources as saying workers were busy erecting the gallows in the Green Zone government citadel by the Tigris.

Lawyers said they had been told to collect Saddam's belongings and that Saddam was allowed a visit by his brothers on Thursday -- a right a condemned man has before he is hanged.

Another lawyer said prison guards had taken away a small radio Saddam had been given several months ago and that the former strongman had sensed "something was happening." (SNIP)

The prison is down the street from a lavish palace Saddam built on an artificial lake which is now used as headquarters by U.S. generals.

(SNIP) If he is treated like other convicts, he could be hooded and dressed in green overalls with his hands bound behind his back. Under Iraq's penal code, Saddam will be allowed to make a final statement if he wishes. ((Editing by Paul Hughes)) Keywords: IRAQ/SADDAM SCENE

[Indy Pendance]

Just for you

[Daveinyork]

There is no shortage of execution songs:

Hang Down your Head, Tom Dooly
Gotta Get a Message to You
Bohemian Rhapsody
Dang Me

[NeoCaveman]

Hi Sionnsar,

It's a great day for a hangin'

Although I thought New Years Eve would be better right at the stroke of midnight.

[doug from upland]

Popcorn. You have the right idea.

YOUTUBE SING-ALONG

[ex-Texan]

Judge Says Saddam Will Be Executed by Saturday

[dinoparty]

That picture needs to be broadcast worldwide upon the hanging, lest anyone feel any remorse for "poor" Saddam.