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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LoL... incredible.. I HAVE A DOG SMARTER THAN THAT..
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They have hing Saddam. If they hang Sadr, then they have hung an evil Sunni and an evil Shiite. They will say they have to hang an evil kurd. I don't know any bigtime evil kurds, but maybe they could hang Jon Carry.
Hopefully, someone will have a good one; I used to just make a 'hash' of leftover turkey and of course, soup.
That said, I am attempting, as we speak. . .'Irish Soda Bread'. . .but have goofed up the measurement conversions; I am sure. . .just waiting for this to come out of the oven.
If anyhone has a great recipe for ISB. . .and 'our' measurements; would love to hear.
Now, what was that about Saddam?
We won't know the truth in this matter unless his death is classified. Then the NYT and CNN will provide us exactly what the comments and emotions were. Short of that this is just another spin cycle by the MSM who love dictators and hate President Bush.
ROVE!! You Magnificent....uh, nevermind.
CNN lies, and is trying to incite riots.
Too bad Mookie wasn't there hangin' out with him.
It'd been better he die by a favorite method his henchmen used on their victims: a grenade stuffed into a shirt pocket or down the trousers.
THAT would've been justice.
Good point and one I had not thought of. . .
But read somewhere and do not have time to locate source that he had refused mask; but could have been an assumption on the part of a journalist as to why he was not wearing one. . .
Am wondering if the coat had weights in the pockets. Must say, I hope not. . .
forgot to add a lol here. . .really. . .
And the hero who did it would be facing murder charges right now.
oops. bad typo.....
That gave me a little flashback time.
And whassup with the great coat? That's what we use
in the theatre to hide the harness in a fake hangin'.
I sure hope they checked the DNA of the dead body
they are parading around as Hussein.
(still wearing flame suit, adding tinfoil hat)
Cool....were you in the air or poundin the ground?
I think he's really most sincerely dead, but it would be easy to come up with all kinds of conspiracy theories- unless the video is released AND we get the dna results. Remember, Saddam had many body doubles.
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