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Saddam Hussein Hanging LIVE Thread

Posted on 12/29/2006 9:11:00 AM PST by AVNevis

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To: greyfoxx39

Im not going to start a ping list, but if you do, put me on it.

Snowing like crazy here on the west side of Albuquerque.


861 posted on 12/29/2006 12:11:35 PM PST by CougarGA7 (Posting nonsense since 2001.)
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To: xsmommy

Here we've had James Brown ad nauseum!


862 posted on 12/29/2006 12:11:51 PM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: EX52D
May his 72 virgins have the physical composition of Helen Thomas. That'll take the smile off his face.

Otherwise known as "Standard Welcome To Hell, Mark 1, Mod 0"

863 posted on 12/29/2006 12:11:52 PM PST by steveegg (Coming soon to Hell - the Hussein family reunion. Saddam will join his sons by sunset Sat in Baghdad)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

Shep says we are on a death watch....damn right!


864 posted on 12/29/2006 12:12:43 PM PST by mystery-ak (My Son, My Soldier, My Hero........God Speed Jonathan......)
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To: Allegra

Let us know if you hear anything.


865 posted on 12/29/2006 12:12:53 PM PST by CougarGA7 (Posting nonsense since 2001.)
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To: Darksheare

Now you're talking.... grade 60 sandpaper!


866 posted on 12/29/2006 12:13:11 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|What if I lecture Americans about America?)
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To: raccoonradio

867 posted on 12/29/2006 12:13:17 PM PST by ASA Vet (The WOT should have been over on 9/12/01.)
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To: mystery-ak

Hope the Iraqi police have issued a warning that they will shoot to kill if anyone breaks the curfew!


868 posted on 12/29/2006 12:13:20 PM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: Allegra

Welcome, Allegra!

Is this your first post on the Saddam Hanging thread?

I confess I haven't been able to read most of them...


869 posted on 12/29/2006 12:13:44 PM PST by txrangerette ("We are fighting al-Qaeda, NOT Aunt Sadie"...Dick Cheney commenting on the wiretaps!!)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Cures blemishes, age spots, and the occasional dictator right quick.


870 posted on 12/29/2006 12:13:55 PM PST by Darksheare (Hey, you're curious reader #[an error occurred while processing this directive] to reach the end.)
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To: OldFriend
I kid you not, this is an exact transcription of Shepherd Smith:

"And as strange as it may sound, we are on death watch for Saddam Hussein, execution coming. [sad music plays to fade out]"

Sheppy's going to cry before 4:00.

871 posted on 12/29/2006 12:13:56 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: CougarGA7; Allegra
Let us know if you hear anything.

Like, "Live, from Baghdad, it's Saddam's execution!"

872 posted on 12/29/2006 12:14:02 PM PST by steveegg (Coming soon to Hell - the Hussein family reunion. Saddam will join his sons by sunset Sat in Baghdad)
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To: mystery-ak

I just heard him say that! Tell us about it, Shep, we're approaching 900 posts here!


873 posted on 12/29/2006 12:14:03 PM PST by Theresawithanh (- - -)
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To: Allegra

Oh, OK - must have been one of the Ditzy Chimps' husbands on a home visit, loving Texas so much.


874 posted on 12/29/2006 12:14:07 PM PST by Rte66
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To: All

Saddam, not feeling well about his upcoming hanging, and concerned about his mortality, askes to consult with a psychic about the date of his death.

His request is granted, and she is brought to his jail cell. Saddam askes her the question about when he will die.

Closing her eyes and silently reaching into the realm of the future, she finds the answer. "You will die on an American holiday."

"Which one?" Saddam asks nervously.

"It doesn't matter," replied the psychic. "Whenever you die, it will be an American holiday!"


875 posted on 12/29/2006 12:14:47 PM PST by musicman
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To: Allegra
Lots of confusion with the media.....but that might be planned....from the BBC:

US denies Saddam handed to Iraqis

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Friday, 29 December 2006, 18:46 GMT

US denies Saddam handed to Iraqis
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein: In US custody since he was caught in 2004
US officials have denied reports that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been transferred to Iraqi custody ahead of his execution.

Saddam Hussein's lawyers earlier said they had been notified of his handover to the Iraqi authorities.

This follows intense speculation about the timing of his execution, with some reports that it may be imminent.

Details have not been made public and may be revealed only afterwards to avoid civil disruption and unrest.

"There has been no change in his (Saddam Hussein's) status," US State Department spokesman Tom Casey said.

Saddam Hussein could be hanged at any time over the next four weeks, although one judge quoted by the Associated Press said he would die on Friday or Saturday.

A senior official from the state department told the BBC a diplomatic cable had been sent to all US embassies warning them to prepare for Saddam Hussein's execution within days.

US forces in Iraq are braced for any backlash following the execution, defence department officials said.

The BBC's Peter Greste in Baghdad says all the legal hurdles have now understood to have been cleared and that if anything is likely to hold up the execution, it would be administrative details.

An appeal against Saddam Hussein's execution for the killings of 148 Shias in Dujail in the 1980s failed earlier this week.

'Dignity of victims'

The former Iraqi leader has been in US military custody at Camp Cropper in Baghdad.

Earlier on Friday his lawyers said they had been asked to dispose of Saddam Hussein's personal effects. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said there would be no delay in carrying out the death sentence.

"No-one can oppose the decision to execute the criminal Saddam," Mr Maliki was quoted by AFP as saying.

"Those who reject the execution of Saddam are undermining the dignity of Iraq's martyrs."

Our Baghdad correspondent says the timing is significant: Mr Maliki has always said he wanted to see the former leader hanged before the end of the year, and Saturday is also the first day of the Muslim Eid festival, when most Iraqis will be at home.

Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a lengthy trial.

A trial in a second case, genocide against Kurds, continues against him.


876 posted on 12/29/2006 12:14:47 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: MinuteGal
Outstanding effort (#507) effort. I can hear the
orchestra accompaniment as he strolls to the rope!
Much applause for FR's Poet-lauratess.
877 posted on 12/29/2006 12:14:49 PM PST by seenenuf (Progressives are a threat to my children!)
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To: ASA Vet

See that picture...now just push him back down in his hole and fill it in. Fitting end for a rat!


878 posted on 12/29/2006 12:15:07 PM PST by surfer
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To: All

From http://hotair.com :

Update: It’s 2:48 and Fox just broke in to say, according to an unnamed Iraqi MP, the execution’s “imminent” and that he’s been handed over to them. Meanwhile, ABC News is hearing that it’ll happen over the weekend and that Saddam will remain in U.S. custody until it does. It’s got to be disinformation. I hope so, anyway — otherwise it means the military had to renege on their plan to transfer him, which can’t be good no matter what the explanation.


879 posted on 12/29/2006 12:15:27 PM PST by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
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To: steveegg

LOL. :)


880 posted on 12/29/2006 12:15:37 PM PST by EX52D (Life is a stage, and we are merely players...)
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