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.

[Alouette]

Together at last!

[Da Mav]

[skr]

Thanks for the link.

[MaxMax]

Hahahaa. Bad cop go away!

[Quix]

He couldn't win. If he'd stayed up, they'd have called him blood thirsty.

[Conservomax]

What is messed up is that I've seen hangings in movies like Capote that are more graphic and disturbing. I have to tell myself "it's real".

[Treeless Branch]

If the purpose of killing him was to convince the Arab world that he could not return to power,
WHY WOULD YOU FILM THIS ON A CAMERA PHONE OR WHATEVER THE CRAP IT WAS THAT PRODUCED THAT HORRIBLE VIDEO?

That is ridiculously poor quality, and it could easily BE ARGUED that it is fake (not that I think it is) by the powers-that-be. The video does not even really show him dangling at the end of the rope.

[EternalVigilance]

What possible motive would the US and the Iraqi governments have in faking his execution?

[Admin Moderator]

No material from the Independent is permitted on Free Republic. Your post had to be removed.

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[Road Warrior ‘04]

Doug, you magnificent bastard!

[Freedom2specul8]

I've not been able to be on FR very much this year...but I had to see what the reaction was.....

Your video and talents are amazing...I've passed this URL along with the URL to your video.

Freepers Rock!

[Albion Wilde]

"Scripture clearly exhorts against rejoicing at an enemy's fall-"
Specifically, where is that exhortation?

Somebody may already have answered your query, but just in case, here is one verse (there are several):

Proverbs 24:17 (NIV)
Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice...

[Slings and Arrows]

Gene Kelly would be proud.

[Gondring]

Now Cooper is asking why Saddam wasn't shot like he wanted to be instead of being hung

Often, interviewers ask questions to give guests a chance to express things. But in any case, it seems this wasn't a dumb question, since so few people seem to realize why.

A firing squad is used for military executions. If a firing squad were granted to Saddam, then it would indicate POW status, which he was denied...and if he had POW status, it would trigger many other things by the Geneva Conventions.

those who know their American History will recall how General Washington had to hang Major André against both their wishes for the same reason--he was caught as a spy, and as such had to be hanged, despite his valiant military career.

[GretchenM]

I don't think Anderson Cooper has been often caught asking a reasonable question so his guests could give informed opinions such as you just wrote out (does he even have guests informed enough to dispense this type of information, as a rule?). Also, the thing I get from Cooper's question, based on his general way of doing things, is that he sounded sympathetic to poor old Saddam not getting his wish honored. Saddam had to know the rules of war by which he was tried and executed.

[davidosborne]

Downloadable video.... includes actual AUDIO... including the DROP... not the best quality but the best I can do for now.... if you have problems downloading please FReepmail and I can send you the video...

[davidosborne]

ooops did not mean to post yet.. link will be available in a few mins and I will post...

[davidosborne]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1760526/posts


I started a thred for comments on this edit.. if anyone has a better quality downloadable video please let me know...

[OldFriend]

Thanks for that bit of information. Should have known that nothing happens by 'accident'.

Happy New Year!

[R. Scott]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7532034279766935521

http://one.revver.com/watch/130549

They’re both the same, different format.