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Iraq orders probe into conduct of Saddam hanging |
2007-01-03 |
Iraq's prime minister ordered an investigation Tuesday into Saddam Hussein's execution to try to uncover who taunted the former dictator in the last minutes of his life, and who leaked inflammatory footage taken by camera phone of the hanging. The unofficial video, on which at least one person is heard shouting "To hell!" at the deposed president and Saddam is heard exchanging insults with his executioners, dealt a blow to Iraq's efforts to prove it was a neutral enforcer of the law. Instead, the emotional, politicized spectacle raised tensions between the Shiite majority and Sunni Arabs who ran the country until their benefactor, Saddam, was ousted in the US-led invasion of 2003. A prosecutor who saw the hanging said some of the taunting came from guards outside the execution chamber, not the masked ones who put the noose around Saddam's neck. |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 Saw this on You Tube and wanted to share. ;) Saddam Hussein: We're There For You |
Posted by: Jan 2007-01-03 21:06 |
#6 Hee Hee from Rueful Red at 'em ninme's place to the tune of the famous show tune from Mall Fair Lady: On the Street Where You Shiv “I have often stood on these floor before. But the trapdoor always stayed beneath my feet before. All at once am I just a bit too high And I hope that that rope’s got some give. Are there lilac trees in the heart of town? Though it’s less than likely I’ll be in that part of town Once I take that drop, there’s nothing to stop… Oh I hope that that rope’s got some give. But oh, that wonderful feeling, to know that my deathly hush Will be broken by WaPo revealing That, as a martyr, I’m still smarter than George Bush. Are there funny jokes for this kind of fix? Or are Sunni folks now fated just to take their licks? There’s the camera! Hi! I’ll just wave good-bye! Oh I hope that that rope’s got some give!” |
Posted by: Shipman 2007-01-03 16:56 |
#5 Congratulations, Jan! I can personally attest to what a big step that is for some of us. ;-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-01-03 16:52 |
#4 link hey I finally figured out how to link properly ;) |
Posted by: Jan 2007-01-03 15:28 |
#3 Saddam's biggest problem was that the rope was too short. Personally, I believe the drop was too short. They should have taken him up to about 25,000 feet in a C-130, wrapped him in about 400 yards of double-bass G-string piano wire, and dropped him 2000 feet off the back ramp with a heavy wire cable over the Persian Gulf. No burial required, no body to be found, no martyrdom - he just "disappeared". Then just grin wickedly at MonkeyMan. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-01-03 14:36 |
#2 Saddam's biggest problem was that the rope was too short. |
Posted by: Cartoon Dog 2007-01-03 08:34 |
#1 It was me. |
Posted by: gorb 2007-01-03 02:25 |