Saddam Hussein Hanging LIVE Thread

[AVNevis]

Since it now seems very imminent, I decided that it was an appropriate time to start this up. Links to information and pictures (if we get them) can be posted here.

[sissyjane]

LMAO!!!

[Gondring]

Yes, it was adapted for TV.

What a story it is.

[proud American in Canada]

W ain't no clinton or annan...this bast*rd was SERIES

LOL--and yes, W definitely is series. :)

[kcvl]

An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday EST. Also to be hanged at that time were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, the adviser said.

The time was agreed upon during a meeting Friday between U.S. and Iraqi officials, said the adviser, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.

"Saddam will be handed over shortly before the execution," the official said. The physical transfer of Saddam from U.S. to Iraqi authorities was believed to be one of the last steps before he was to be hanged. Saddam has been in U.S. custody since he was captured in December 2003.

Al-Nueimi 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.

"The Americans want him to be hanged respectfully," al-Nueimi said. If Saddam is humiliated publicly or his corpse ill-treated "that could cause an uprising and the Americans would be blamed," he said.

Munir Haddad, a judge on the appeals court that upheld Saddam's death sentence, said he was ready to attend the hanging and that all the paperwork was in order, including the red card.

"All the measures have been done," Haddad said. "There is no reason for delays."

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Yes, it was the last Twilight Zone episode, rarely shown in syndication.

Speaking of TV, I knew the lamestream media would get all choked up about Saddam.

[mdittmar]

Saddam to hang within hours: officials

[steveegg]

steveegg, am I reading this correct, that he will be executed at 9PM Central (8 PM Eastern)?

Assuming he's not already dead, he'll be dead sometime between now and 9 pm Central/10 pm Eastern. The wording is that sentence will be carried out by 6 am Baghdad time, not necessarily at 6 am Baghdad time.

[Red_Devil 232]

We are having some creamy Au Gratin Potatoes with the center cut pork chops .... and some nice rice so I can put a little of the gravey on it! I love rice! My wife prefers the potatoes. So I cook both!

[hispanarepublicana]

I LOVE those. I'm still nursing homemade fudge--the kind you could almost eat with a spoon.

[MamaB]

I had a recipe for Texas pinto beans. It had a lot of stuff in it---tomatoes, onions, green pepper. and hot sauce. Can not remember all of the ingredients but it was good with a slice of onion and good ole cornbread.

[proud American in Canada]

I wasted a ton of money on Hans, Scott, and Kofi.LOL!

I can always count on FR for a funny, snappy answer. You guys are good! :)

[steveegg]

BWAHAHAHA!!!!

[A Citizen Reporter]

9 PM Central and 10:00 PM Eastern. Yes, that's what is being reported now by more of the press sources.

[mewzilla]

I was just trolling Aljazeera to see what they were saying about the pending execution when I ran across this poll...

Which do you think was 2006 most positive event?

Check out the choices and the results so far....

[mhking]

"For the thousands in attendance in Baghdad, and the billions watching around the world...

Ladies and gentlemen....

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLlllllllllllllllet's get ready for a hanginggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!"

Actually, my wife says that we need to ship each and every person that's on death row in this country over to Iraq. Save us billions in appeals and feedin' and housin' 'em....

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[maineman]

True, they are wearing black. Hear J.J. today?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

My sister gave me some frozen enchiladas and lasagna for Christmas.

[paulat]

Ambrose Bierce is the greatest American writer of the 19th century.

To my mind, it was Mark Twain.

[Earthdweller]

"I wonder what Saddam is thinking right about now."

"I wasted a ton of money on Hans, Scott, and Kofi."

Don't forget this guy...

[rabscuttle385]

The New York Times is reporting otherwise:

NBC News, however, indicated it might go further. Steve Capus, the president of NBC News, said that network may show “a wide shot of Saddam hanging.” He said NBC would make its decision based on questions both of taste and of history.

...

None of this means that the complete images of the hanging, should such video be taken by Iraqi authorities, will be unavailable. Executives throughout the television news business said they fully expect these images to turn up at least on Web sites.

"Somehow it will get out," said Paul Friedman, vice president of CBS News. “That video is going to be available somewhere on some channel or some site."

Of course, this is The New York Times, so take it with a grain of salt.