Posted on 12/30/2006 10:21:36 AM PST by jmc1969
Defiant to the end, Saddam Hussein mocked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moments before he was hanged, a witness said Saturday.
The Iraqi government executed Hussein before dawn as punishment for his role in a massacre of his own people, more than two decades before he was toppled by a U.S.-led invasion.
A video of the execution broadcast on Al-Iraqiya state television showed Hussein, dressed in a black overcoat, being led into a room by three masked guards. (Watch noose placed around Hussein's neck -- graphic content, viewer discretion advised )
A witness, Iraqi Judge Munir Haddad, said that one of the executioners told Hussein that the former dictator had destroyed Iraq, which sparked an argument that was joined by several government officials in the room.
As a noose was tightened around Hussein's neck, one of the executioners yelled "long live Muqtada al-Sadr," Haddad said, referring to the powerful anti-American Shiite religious leader.
Hussein, a Sunni, uttered one last phrase before he died, saying "Muqtada al-Sadr" in a mocking tone, according to Haddad's account.
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Bump to that.
In the video, it looks like he's wearing a neck collar.
Somebody "SHOW ME" that he's really dead. Otherwise,
you know what will happen. They're gonna make Saddam
the undead, never-ever-dead, anti-Christ.
(Still wearing Flame Suit)
They didn't want to get the rope dirty.
heh heh! Amazing, isn't it? No Arafat Hustle.
That's great. I love it!
SPIT!!!
I have a really horrible cold, so allow me.
It wouldn't surprise me if, in a nation that has reared generation after generation on lies and obfuscation (wait a minute ... that sounds like our own x 42 ... !) ... there will be people that will never believe its dead unless and until they can see it for themselves.
Just an opinion.
I am left scratching my head over the Mookie Al-Sadr reference. Must have been Saddam's conscience thinking about killing the elder Al-Sadr and who knows how many of his relatives.
Or perhaps he was thinking Mookie was integral in hanging him?? I will be left pondering these last words from time to time I am sure.
I predict Mookie will be around to bug us for many many years.
When that POS was sending killers after our soldiers AND we knew it AND we knew exactly where that sand rat was, we did...NOTHING!!!
What makes everyone think our RINO leaders are any less afraid of the stench filled "arab street"?
I wouldn't scratch my had until another source, other than Haddad, confirms this. Also I have so far only seen CNN claiming this. As I said it would be in the propagandistic interest of Sadrists to make people believe this.
What do you think it makes people believe?
Hmm
As a noose was tightened around Hussein's neck, one of the executioners yelled "long live Muqtada al-Sadr," Haddad said, referring to the powerful anti-American Shiite religious leader
His mocking days are over.
Though I wouldn't doubt that plenty of demons are now mocking him!
it might well be he just got targetted....
who knows who is still faithful to saddam
That was my impression also. It looked odd, too thick to be just a scarf. It may have been nothing, but it leaves an opening for questions.
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