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| Iraq |
| Hussein: Shoot me if found guilty |
| 2006-07-26 |
| Saddam Hussein has asked the court in his trial in Baghdad to execute him by firing squad -- "not by hanging as a common criminal" -- if it convicts him of all charges and sentences him to death. So for your last meal, you'd prefer lead to rope? Noted. The former Iraqi leader said he was forcibly taken into court in the Irai capital against his will Wednesday morning from a hospital where he was being treated for the effects of a hunger strike. Thinner but combative, Hussein was making his first appearance in court since his hunger strike and hospitalization. He again rejected the tribunal as an agent of the U.S. occupation. Hussein's defense lawyers were not in court Wednesday as they continued a boycott started last month after one of them was kidnapped and killed. Among other things, they demanded increased security for the defense team. Wednesday's session began with a 20-minute lecture by Hussein to the judges in which he complained that he was removed from his hospital bed where he was receiving nourishment through an IV and nasal feeding tube for the past three days. He said he has not eaten since he started a hunger strike on July 8. "The Americans brought me here against my will," Hussein said. He said he did not physically resist them since he is not a young man. Chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman read a medical report saying Hussein was fit to appear in court. Hussein questioned why the court has not met his lawyers demands for more security. "Half of them have been killed," he said. In fact, three defense lawyers have died since the trial started last October, but only one worked directly for Hussein. At the end of his speech -- in which Hussein looked at his court-appointed lawyer and told him he was "an enemy of the people -- the former Iraqi leader told the judges "I refuse to stand in front of this court. Take whatever measures you want." He then sat down and listened quietly as that court-appointed lawyer began to deliver a closing argument on his behalf. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #23 I was hoping they'd send him feet first into an industrial strength paper shredder. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-07-26 23:10 |
| #22 The Chinese makes the family member purchase the bullet. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2006-07-26 22:53 |
| #21 Hang him. Give him what he doesn't want. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-07-26 21:49 |
| #20 you can also reload bullets |
| Posted by: Thromort Glomoger4987 2006-07-26 20:25 |
| #19 When is everyone going to learn: Death by bunga bunga! It's cheap, too. Now the only problem remaining is to find a boar or two to do the job! :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-07-26 19:48 |
| #18 "bullets are cheap" Rope can be reused! and on a side note: You never run out of knife ! |
| Posted by: J. D. Lux 2006-07-26 18:55 |
| #17 Hang 'im high. Shooting would show too much respect. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-07-26 18:23 |
| #16 "bullets are cheap" Rope can be reused! -M |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-07-26 18:06 |
| #15 bullets are cheap |
| Posted by: Thromort Glomoger4987 2006-07-26 16:41 |
| #14 The marksmen should consist of one Shiite Marsh Arab, one Kurd and one Sunni with clean hands. The first one should shoot him in the balls. An hour later, the second one should shoot him in the knee caps. Once he's screamed for a good hour or so, the last one should expose the back of his head to the outside world. |
| Posted by: Tibor 2006-07-26 15:41 |
| #13 I think he should be excuted by a firing squad. Of course, I also think he shoudl be executed the way that Black Jack Pershing executed Muslim rebels in the Philippines: Bring in a pig, slaughter it, have all the firing squad dip their bullets in the blood, and fire away. On the other hand, there is that recycling advantage to hanging - the Iraqis can use the same rope on all of Saddam's guilty henchmen, rather than wasting bullets. Decisions, decisions. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2006-07-26 14:54 |
| #12 Someone whisper in Sammy's ear; "Boy, do you have bad timing. If you hadn't invaded Kuwait and then thumbed your nose at those UN resolutions, right now you could be leading the Arab world against Iran, instead of awaiting a long drop on a short rope." |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-07-26 13:54 |
| #11 Not just a rope. A *short* rope. So his feet are about 1" off the ground in a pig pen full of hungry and mean boars Can't do that 'moose... PETA will get upset. Feeding the boars tainted food is a no-no! |
| Posted by: BigEd 2006-07-26 13:37 |
| #10 Bang! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-26 11:22 |
| #9 Damn. I wuz sorta hopin' they'd use one of the regime's old plastic shredders that his sons were so fond of using. |
| Posted by: GK 2006-07-26 10:28 |
| #8 Not just a rope. A *short* rope. So his feet are about 1" off the ground in a pig pen full of hungry and mean boars. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-26 10:23 |
| #7 Hang em HIGH! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-07-26 10:16 |
| #6 Give him to the women. (shudder) |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-07-26 10:11 |
| #5 reduce, reuse, recycle - rope. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-26 09:01 |
| #4 Nope! Firing squad is for enemies. Common criminals, such as yourself, get the rope. |
| Posted by: gromky 2006-07-26 08:37 |
| #3 "...but the shooters have to be Lampard, Gerrard and Carragher." (a little gallows humor from a British soccer fan, heard on XM148.) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-07-26 08:10 |
| #2 I hope the Iraqis take him out back and shoot him. Screw international outcry, not like the UN did anything for them anyway. |
| Posted by: Charles 2006-07-26 08:01 |
| #1 He knows he won't be shot. |
| Posted by: Rory B. Bellows 2006-07-26 07:33 |