Footage of Hanging being shown now on Iraqi TV!

BBC ^ | 30 Dec 2006

[Brit_Guy]

Iraqi TV is now showing edited footage of the execution of Saddam.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

They may have been humane and drugged him up a bit.

If so, that's far more humane than he ever was.

[JerseyDvl]

I think that says a great deal about the President's lack of "blood lust" and his ability to put the matters of running the country first.
It's just a normal day of biz as usual for our fine Prez, in a world with one less brutal tyrant and murderer.

[JockoManning]

Marking this thread.

[Vinnie]

I'm concerned.
That narrow fenced in area he was standing in could have caused him to hit his 'funny bone' on the way down.

That's gotta hurt.

[TaxRelief]

Scripture clearly exhorts against rejoicing at an enemy's fall-

Specifically, where is that exhortation?

[pissant]

S&A, ping me if you find the video. Must see TV.

[eleni121]

prissy Anderson Cooper

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If you think of Cooper as a male alternative to Paris Hilton...then he fits in to the CNN media show matrix.

Celebrity media talking heads are the worst especially when they come from money...but his mommy would approve. I wonder if poor little rich girl is still alive?

[eleni121]

I think you've hit on a important point..the drudgery of eliminating monsters...because the worst fear of a monster like Hussein is that they disappear from public view and do it in a way that demonstrates how futile it is to resist the end.

It is no accident that the Prez had already gone to bed when the statement was released...just another day in the WOT folks...move along...

[Mo1]

ping to 166

[dcgard]

Did the US have someone there to witness?

[grey_whiskers]

It was disappointing hearing later that Jerzy Kozinski and Roman Polanski were best of friends.

I didn't know that, but if you've read any of Kozinski's other books smut, it wouldn't be surprising.

[huldah1776]

Believe me, there's a tv in the bedroom, and we all wanted to make sure that it was finished. It's not bloodthirsty. God only forgives us when we forgive others. So let God handle the vengeance, now that He has him. There is no way we could avenge these attrocities, so we send Him to God, who can. And believe me when I say God is just. He will not give Saddam one ounce more or less of eternal agony than he deserves. He is now experiencing the pain that all his victims endured. I'm glad God is doing it for us. He's the only one good enough to do it, and not be warped by it.

[eleni121]

Did the US have someone there to witness?
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I don't know for certain but I suspect yes after reading this report here
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1229saddam29-ON.html

"Al-Nueimi (an Iraqi official) said U.S. authorities were maintaining physical custody of Saddam to prevent him from being humiliated before his execution. He said the Americans also want to prevent the mutilation of his corpse, as has happened to other deposed Iraqi leaders."

[txrangerette]

How would you conclude that these are members of the Iraqi Army? They could be some kind of special security force with the executive branch or the judiciary. They could be policemen or prison guards. I'm not saying one way or the other, I don't know. I will say, whatever they were, IF they are normally uniformed, they did the right thing by not wearing them, just as they did by hooding their faces.

[dcgard]

Thanks, good enough for me, i'm sure we'd have someone there to see it through. Also, there is probably a complete video out there somewhere.

[OESY]

Mr. Executioner: We're closin' for lunch.
Mr. Customer: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this tyrant that I purchased not half a day ago from this very prison.
Mr. Executioner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Iraqi Blue...What's, uh...What's wrong with it?
Mr. Customer: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!
Mr. Executioner: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.
Mr. Customer: Look, matey, I know a dead tyrant when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
Mr. Executioner: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Iraqi Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful uniform!
Mr. Customer: The uniform don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
Mr. Executioner: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
Mr. Customer: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Saddam Hussein! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...
(Mr. Executioner hits the cage)
Mr. Executioner: There, he moved!
Mr. Customer: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!
Mr. Executioner: I never!!
Mr. Customer: Yes, you did!
Mr. Executioner: I never, never did anything...
Mr. Customer: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO SADDAM!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call!
(Takes tyrant out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)
Mr. Customer: Now that's what I call a dead tyrant.
Mr. Executioner: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!
Mr. Customer: STUNNED?!?
Mr. Executioner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Iraqi Blues stun easily.
Mr. Customer: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That tyrant is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf a day ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.
Mr. Executioner: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the Tigris.
Mr. Customer: PININ' for the TIGRIS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?
Mr. Executioner: The Iraqi Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely uniform!
Mr. Customer: Look, I took the liberty of examining that tyrant when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.
(pause)
Mr. Executioner: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!
Mr. Customer: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!
Mr. Executioner: No no! 'E's pining!
Mr. Customer: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This tyrant is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! THIS IS AN EX-TYRANT!!

[Earthdweller]

"One can see that Saddam was struggling with the concept of "justice". I do believe he finally got the hang of it. ;^)"

FReeper quote of the day. You hit multiple points here. Great job.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The knot popped him on the cheek.

[WKB]

AMEN Preach on Brother\Sister.

[Spunky]

I just logged on to my AOL and they had a CNN video of the hanging. He WAS NOT hooded. The only thing is they did not show him dropping. They cut the video off after the noose was put around his neck.