Author Topic: Saddam's not dead (Read 2754 times)

mandingo · « **Reply #45 on:** December 31, 2006, 04:01:15 AM »

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Originally posted by Angus
Shouldn't they have fed him to the pigs?
(Guess I watched "Snatch" too often)

a man can never watch too much snatch, especially if its clean cut.

rpm · « **Reply #46 on:** December 31, 2006, 04:42:44 AM »

I was listening to the radio on the way home from work. They were watching the cellphone video and giving the play by play. I heard he refused the black hood and was ranting away to the end bitter. His last words were: "There is no God, but God..."and they dropped him. There is no footage showing him hitting the end of the rope. I'm on dialup and can't get the vid.

Viking · « **Reply #47 on:** December 31, 2006, 08:26:27 AM »

Saddam refused the hood. One of the executioners told him he had destroyed Iraq and forced them all to live in poverty. Saddam retorted he had protected Iraq from the Persians and Americans. The Executioner said something to the effect of FU (Arab style with "Allah" and "curses") as he tightens the noose around Saddam's neck. Saddam returns the gesture. Saddam then begins to pray to Allah. Halfway through the second verse the trapdoors open and he falls to his death. His last word was "Mohammed".

A fitting end to a horrible man, but he did face death more bravely than I expected.

storch · « **Reply #48 on:** December 31, 2006, 09:15:00 AM »

did you get that from lip reading or audio? do you speak arabic?

Viking · « **Reply #49 on:** December 31, 2006, 09:25:28 AM »

Nope. I read a translation in VG (a Norwegian newspaper).

Masherbrum · « **Reply #50 on:** December 31, 2006, 09:38:11 AM »

His last word was "Mohammed". No virgins awaits him.

WhiteHawk · « **Reply #51 on:** December 31, 2006, 10:20:12 AM »

http://videos.netscape.com/story/2006/12/30/saddam-execution-video-full-including-the-drop

not for morbid giggles but just to see the result of the search for WMD's. I personally have mixed feelings about this. Was he executed for murdering his own people or just for murder? If so, which leader hasnt had to liquidate some competitors along the path to gain power? Are the US marines who are on trial for murder going to be hanged? Or is this just a personal grudge against saddam by The Bush's? Maybe a strong message to the leaders of Syria and Iran?

Neubob · « **Reply #52 on:** December 31, 2006, 11:32:47 AM »

I saw the footage, both of the official news release as well as the cellphone video. Personally, I would have preferred not to.

As much as I know he deserved it, thousands of times over, as much as I believe that capital punishment has its place in human society, I could not help myself but feel sympathy for this broken old bastard as they were about to take his life from him.

Would he have felt sympathy for me, had our positions been reversed? certainly not.

Did he ever feel anything towards his victims, in the way of compassion? I highly doubt it.

Is the world better off without him? Sure.

Nevertheless, after months of getting used to seeing his face, and hearing his voice, watching his last moments did nothing but unsettle me. I watched a merciless dictator getting just a fraction of his just deserts and I felt sorry watching it happen to him. I watched the death of a man who would probably hate me simply for who I am and where I came from, and yet it made me feel bad to do so. There, I said it.

I hope he did not feel any pain. It would have been a feeble and pathetic cherry on top of an already grotesquely morbid pie. If there is a god, I hope he treats him with understanding and shows Saddam the mercy that he did not show to those he destroyed.

I guess I should expect to get flamed for this by the torch-bearers of this board, so go right ahead.

moot · « **Reply #53 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:10:04 PM »

Neubob I think there is paint drying somewhere near you, and it is worthier of your time... Every moment you spend concerning yourself with something **** is a moment you could've spent on something good, that you're never getting back.

Criminals stop being newsworthy as soon as their criminality is neutralized.

Bodhi · « **Reply #54 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:29:04 PM »

well said neubob.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #55 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:37:36 PM »

Neubobs point is only strenghened by the fact that this was your former ally that got executed. The man who shook Bush Sr.'s hand in agreement.

Once upon a time.

MajWoody · « **Reply #56 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:44:59 PM »

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,240117,00.html

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #57 on:** December 31, 2006, 12:59:09 PM »

hes not dead!!1one

cav58d · « **Reply #58 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:04:14 PM »

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Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
Neubobs point is only strenghened by the fact that this was your former ally that got executed. The man who shook Bush Sr.'s hand in agreement.

Once upon a time.

Your point? At the time, it was in the best interest to be an alliance with Sadaam and Iraq. As everything, times changed. Power grew, and areas of influence and control changed....Are you also bitter about the lend lease program to the Russians during WWII?

cav58d · « **Reply #59 on:** December 31, 2006, 01:07:48 PM »

In all of its faults, there is one thing Iraq does more efficiently then the United States. They actually execute their death row sentenced prisoners in a very affordable and timely manner! none of this 20 years and 14 appeals.

Justice has been served.

***By the way, I do not share any of Neubob's feelings of remorse and possibly regret. Infact, I was partying in Manhattan the night of his execution, and throughout the night took celebatory shots that the piece of watermelon is dead. The same piece of chit, that for better or for worse, we went into Iraq for twice, and who is responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 soldiers.

Author Topic: Saddam's not dead (Read 2754 times)

storch