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Iraq
Saddam: Don't hang me, Shoot me
2005-12-23
"Rabbit season!"
"Duck season! Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!"
Saddam Hussein is demanding to be shot by firing squad rather than hanged if he is found guilty of mass murder. In two long interviews with his lawyers, the former Iraqi dictator reportedly said: "I'm not afraid of death and facing a firing squad is the right way to execute a military man — a commander in chief."

He predicted that he is going to die and said it is only a matter of deciding how his execution is carried out. Saddam added: "I don't value life that much. Every human being has his time to go. Of course I'm not guilty, but I know they want me dead. Threatening me with death doesn't mean anything to me. If this Saddam dies, there will be other Saddams..."

Saddam's display of defiance came as he sat in a large armchair in the basement of the heavily fortified courthouse in Baghdad where his trial resumed on Wednesday. The building was the headquarters of his Ba'ath Party, where he signed the death warrants of thousands.

On Thursday, Saddam insisted that he had been beaten by his US captors, calling Washington's denials of abuse lies. Saddam claimed that the wounds he suffered from the alleged beatings had been documented by at least two American teams and that it took eight months for some of the wounds to heal.
Posted by:Pappy

#30  Hanging, drawing, and quartering sounds about right to me.
Posted by: xbalanke   2005-12-23 22:29  

#29  If this Saddam dies, there will be other Saddams..."

Nope. We already took care of that.
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-12-23 18:17  

#28  Yeah, thatn' be Arbuthnot and Armbrister sellin likker and rifles to the locals. They're still dead.
Posted by: Leon Clavin   2005-12-23 17:36  

#27  General Andrew Jackson once caught a British officer inciting,the florida indians, to riot. Jackson caught him in the indians village, the officer asked to be shot as it is more dignified than hanging, Jackson appearantly agreed and the day of the execution came himself and hung the man...

I like the way that man thinks,

Saddam should be given no mercy, and it should be as painful as possible, just cut his vocal chords first.
Posted by: SCPatriot   2005-12-23 16:56  

#26  If this Saddam dies, there will be other Saddams..."

You know, there's something to this. Whatever happened to his doubles, I wonder. Should they be hanged too, just in case? Poor fellas...all those plastic surgeries for nothing.
Posted by: Rafael   2005-12-23 16:15  

#25  Acctually, if the Shias name the Prime Minister, they might decide to use their brother Iranian's method of hanging by construction crane...



After all, make getting at the tasty meat easier for the vultures, buzzards, and crows.

I remember this pix. This guy was a child molestor-murderer. Good riddance, no matter what country you are in. We should do this to Westerfield...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-12-23 16:08  

#24  a slow knowing painful death is best - my favorite is a 3/8" drill bit in a Craftsman cordless drill to the forehead....nice thing is Craftsman are guaranteed for life (heh heh ) so if it quits or breaks - they'll replace it at no charge and you can get back to it...
Posted by: Frank G   2005-12-23 13:16  

#23  If this Saddam dies, there will be other Saddams..." I cringe with the truth in this sentiment.
I like 49 Pan's suggestion, mixed with a little of 'moose's suggestion thrown in for good measure.
Posted by: Jan   2005-12-23 12:14  

#22  Um, forget the grave, cremate.
Posted by: Leon Clavin   2005-12-23 12:08  

#21  No ceremony, round behind the ear at 02:00. Buried in unmarked grave.
Posted by: Leon Clavin   2005-12-23 12:07  

#20  Give him to the women.

(shudder)
Posted by: mojo   2005-12-23 11:30  

#19  Put a blonde wig and an evening gown on him, then fly him to Washington and have him sing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to W. Then send the tape to Al-Jazzera.
You won't have to kill him after that. He'll do it himself...
Posted by: tu3031   2005-12-23 11:18  

#18  Maybe put him back in the spiderhole and leave him there this time until he's ripe.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-12-23 11:14  

#17  Make him wear speedos and pantyhose on a tour around the country, then burn him at the stake.
Posted by: RWV   2005-12-23 10:57  

#16  With 100,000 Sunnis demonstrating against the election today, I'd grant his wish -- right now.
Posted by: Darrell   2005-12-23 10:49  

#15  Dust off that big tree shredder/chopper he used to use. We're all about choice. What will it be Saddam:

Feet first: (____)
Head frist: (____)

You decide.
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-12-23 10:33  

#14  A hanging was good enough for Japanese and German war criminals. It is good enough for Saddam.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2005-12-23 10:30  

#13  I think using a gas chamber would have a feeling of poetic justice.
Posted by: JFM   2005-12-23 10:27  

#12  Gut shot. Let him think about it.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-12-23 10:14  

#11  "I'm not afraid of death and facing a firing squad is the right way to execute a military man — a commander in chief."

Being plucked from a spider hole isn't exactly becoming of a military man either, so there is some precedent. I say cap him at close range with a pistol with none of the formality of a firing squad.
Posted by: BH   2005-12-23 10:08  

#10  Keep him alive!

I'm against the death penalty for one reason. It's a bit of a let-off. Let him live the rest of his life of a tryptophan restricted diet.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2005-12-23 10:08  

#9  Call me a traditionalist, but I like the idea of him being slowly lowered into a vat of pig offal until his lower body rots off. When he dies, allow his entire body to be turned to sludge in the vat, then remove his bones, grind them, and return them to the vat. Then incinerate the pig offal.

Well, it might have been a tradition somewhere.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2005-12-23 09:42  

#8  "First we hang 'im, then we kill 'im!"
Posted by: Raj   2005-12-23 09:33  

#7  On Thursday, Saddam insisted that he had been beaten by his US captors, and insisted if this is to continue that SPC Lindy England be recalled to active duty to take part.
Posted by: Thaising Angiter8278   2005-12-23 09:03  

#6  Now just what the Hell makes him think he's got any choice in the matter.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2005-12-23 08:23  

#5  Nope! He deserves nothing but the best. Give him to the towns he terrorized and let them stone him, drag him through the streets, hang him from a bridge, and light fire to him. He always thought it was fun, why not.
Posted by: 49 pan   2005-12-23 07:54  

#4  Run 'im through the wood chipper ... feet first.
Posted by: AzCat   2005-12-23 05:43  

#3  I would prefer keelhauling in shark infested waters.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-12-23 00:40  

#2  Sorry, firing squad is for spies caught during wartime, deserting soldiers, and the like. Common criminals like yourself get the noose.

I wonder if he's rehearsing his last words yet.
Posted by: gromky   2005-12-23 00:39  

#1  Let's compromise and do both.
Posted by: Grunter   2005-12-23 00:36  

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