Posted on 12/29/2006 9:49:23 PM PST by jdm
Dozens of Iraqi-Americans gathered late yesterday at a Detroit-area mosque to celebrate reports that Saddam Hussein had been executed, cheering and crying as drivers honked horns in jubilation.
Dave Alwatan wore an Iraqi flag around his shoulders and flashed a peace sign to everyone he passed at the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in this suburb of Detroit, a city that has one of the nation's largest concentrations of people with roots in the Middle East.
"Peace," he said, grinning and laughing. "Now there will be peace for my family."
Mr. Alwatan, 32, said Saddam's forces tortured and killed relatives that were left behind when Mr. Alwatan left Iraq in 1991.
A crowd of more than 150 men gathered in anticipation of the former Iraqi dictator's execution, singing and dancing and chanting "Now there's peace, Saddam is dead" in English and Arabic.
The center's director, Imam Husham Al-Husainy, said members prayed for Saddam's death. Outside, traffic slowed as people drove in circles around the mosque, honking horns.
"This is our celebration of the death of Saddam," Imam Husainy said while standing on top of a car following reports by Iraqi state-run television that Saddam had been hanged. "The gift of our New Year is the murder of Saddam Hussein."
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Iraqis or Shiia
You know that it's more than dozens.
"The gift of our New Year is the murder of Saddam Hussein."
He wasn't murdered -- he was executed.
Maybe it's that language barrier thing again.
One can be both...
Most of those celebrators in Michigan are Iraqi Shias.
Good riddance to bad rubbish!!!
Don't get too excited- they'd do the same if it was Bush on the gallows.
Would have been nice to view more Iraqi-Americans holding American flags.
Saddam's hanging is the end of the beginning of freedom's growth in the Middle East. I'll continue to pray for President Bush. He is a man of great courage.
Hundreds of Iraqi residents in Dearborn have entered into the streets for a celebration.
Many are chanting and singing about their former dictator being killed. Local 4 reported many Iraqi flags are waving high into the air over the streets of Dearborn.
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Residents told Local 4 it is a time of celebration because they remember the reign of terror Saddam held over their country.
Other residents said they cannot officially celebrate until they see the tape of the execution themselves.
Stay tuned to Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit.com for the very latest developments.
Well, it's a start....
SOURCE: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/10633379/detail.html
He wasn't murdered -- he was executed.Maybe it's that language barrier thing again.
Or maybe it's that culture barrier thing again.
Let's not forget that the same folks who cheered our military when they routed that SOB and tore down his statue are now IEDing the same soldiers they once cheered.
Or you, or me, or any of us "on the gallows."
Let the good times roll.
Did any of them acknowledge who made this gift possible?
When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices;
when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
Proverbs 11:10
"The execution might bring some amusement and accomplishment to the Bush administration, but it will not help the Iraqi people," Mr. Siblani said. "The problem we're facing in Iraq is going to multiply."
The very same individual folks?
Is that a fact.
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