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  • 'Today': Saddam Execution 'Vindictive, Primitive, Revenge, Suspect, Rush to Judgment'

    12/30/2006 5:20:36 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 159 replies · 5,945+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    This morning's "Today" show characterized the execution of Saddam Hussein in generally negative terms. According to NBC reporter Richard Engel, reporting from Baghdad: "The Iraqi government is now going to great lengths to say that this execution was carried out with the utmost respect for human rights; that it was a very organized, precise event. However, interviews that we've conducted with witnesses, judges and other people who attended and followed all the proceedings say it was much more emotional and chaotic." Continued Engel: "The execution was primitive and vindictive. " Engel stated that the site of the execution was one...