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Video of Two Saddam Aides Executions Shown | |
2007-01-16 | |
The spokesman for the Iraqi government Dr. Ali al-Dabbagh showed journalists on Monday a video tape recording the execution of Saddam's two aides during which one of them was beheaded. The film shows Barzan al-Tikriti, Saddam's half brother, and Awwad al-Bander, former revolutionary court chief judge, in prisoners orange uniforms as they were standing on gallows in preparation for hanging side by side. Hangmen placed black hoods round the two men's heads, then the noose for carrying out the execution. The video tape also showed Barzan al-Tikriti lying headless below the gallows, his severed head several yards away. "Yo, Mahmoud! Roll that thing over here, wouldja?" The Iraqi former President Saddam Hussein's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former revolutionary court chief judge Awwad al-Bandar were hanged at dawn Monday in Baghdad. Saddam Hussein and his two aides were convicted of involvement in the killing of 148 civilians in the village of Dujail after a failed attempt to kill the former president.
Saddam's half-brother Tikriti and former revolutionary court chief judge Bandar were hanged on Monday in Baghdad, 16 days after the execution of Saddam. The three were convicted of involvement in the killing of 148 civilians in the village of Dujail after a failed attempt to kill the former president. "It is a joy to get rid of every tyrant who killed Iraqis. This is the fate of every murderer and we have to understand the new Iraq can not be established with the presence of criminals and tyrants," Jamal al-Taai, a civil servant, said. Saleem al-Asadi, another civil servant, said the joy of the execution of the two aides came a little late. "The government should have executed Barzan and Bandar together with Saddam so that the joy is much bigger and we can say that we got rid of the criminals," he said. Revealing his personal vendetta against Bandar, Asadi said: "Bandar sentenced my brother to death, leaving mother to grieve over him until she died." Media worker Jihad al-Asadi said Monday's executions turned over a dark page in the history of Iraq. But Mohannad Hussein exclaimed, "What benefit will I get from the hanging of Barzan and Awwad?" "I no longer think of those people... I have to get through my day in conditions harsher than what some might think," he said. "I will be really happy when I find electricity, water and fuel available and prices affordable. Only then I will say that execution is useful," Hussein said. For Hussein al-Hasnawi, a former political prisoner, Iraqi people would not rest even if all the lackeys of the former regime were hanged. "The mistakes of today's politicians are far graver than the executions and the joy they bring," he explained. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#10 "Roll that beautiful bean footage!" |
Posted by: mojo 2007-01-16 16:31 |
#9 Best sub I could find until Saddam's boyz pics come in
a Pakistani person hanged in Kuwait in 2006 | |
Posted by: RD 2007-01-16 15:00 |
#8 I'm thinking that the sound heard was that of the inrushing of air , filling a vaccuum as it were. Now I finally know what ears are good for, other that eyeglass support devices: they also function as built in chocks to prevent undesired roll-aways..... |
Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-01-16 14:12 |
#7 I was just thinking, when Soddies ol' butcherous brother had his cranial seperation, was there a "thoup" , "pop", or a "gurgle" ??? |
Posted by: BigEd 2007-01-16 13:02 |
#6 Fascinating, RD... Thanks for the video... |
Posted by: BigEd 2007-01-16 12:51 |
#5 Swarmming, Chanting and Planting Saddam's Headless Henchman Barzan al-Tikriti, and Awwad al-Bander with Head were burried in city of Tikrit today Video Here |
Posted by: RD 2007-01-16 11:17 |
#4 This isn't the time to lose one's head. He wasn't very headstrong. He'll never be the head of a major corporation. -Austin Powers Intl. Man of Mystery |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-01-16 07:43 |
#3 RD, You should have posted a coffee warning. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2007-01-16 04:39 |
#2 Apparently Saddam didn't end up like Barzan. :-) |
Posted by: gorb 2007-01-16 03:04 |
#1 Rare Photo of Saddam's Cat |
Posted by: RD 2007-01-16 00:31 |