Anyone care to make a wager?
 

Do you think Sadam will see 2007?

I dunno. /Spicoli :p

aloha, mr sadaam.

:D

I highly doubt he sees Sunday here in the US

According to Islamic Law,he must be executed,within 30days,of losing his
last appeal!It is now 27 & counting! Irish :loveshowe
Many will say that he's a human being!If his sons or soldiers raped their sister
& tortured their parents to death,I doubt if they would have the same compassion!

It's interesting that it is happening at the time of Hajj.

More information and cool pics http://www.ummah.net/hajj/pics/

I'm betting he escapes. Mr Bush :cboy:

From the Iraqi? I think I read we officially turned him over to them.

I'm secretly hoping some unknown paramilitary commando force rushes in and breaks him out at the last minute...like C.O.B.R.A. does for Cobra Commander in the G.I. Joe cartoons...

I'm betting that if he escapes,he will face "Biker Justice & hanging is MUCH
quicker!Islamic Law says that no-one can be executed during a "Holy Period".
The people that protested at funerals,found out that they shouldn't mess
with Bikers.Especially VN Vetern Bikers. Irish

3 will get you 5 they hammer his ass. Why else is all the media manipulation going on.






(and maybe some other high-power people shouldn't applaud the execution for crimes against humanity, too loudly)

"Our respect for human rights requires us to execute him, and there will be no review or delay in carrying out the sentence," al-Maliki said. :huh: :sad:

i had the same thought^^^
(oxy)morons. :rolleyes2

Well guess this part of the world will have to wait and see.

A bigger question is, will the violence go up or down upon his death?

How will you be able to tell? :shrug:

CNN reports that Saddam was hung at 9:05pm EST.

I've never been very big on the death penalty. I think it tends to be too easy a way out for most people. It may sound morbid of me, but I honestly don't think the death penalty, at least as it's used in the U.S., is painful enough. It doesn't involve enough suffering. I feel if we're truely punishing someone, they should be made to suffer, and that suffering should be done in prison. That's just my personal view, and it's a harsh one, I know.

However, I believe certain people just shouldn't be allowed to live. Sadam was one of them. Though he didn't experience even a decimal of the suffering he inflicted in his life when he was hung, to keep him alive would have been simply too damn dangerous for too many innocent people. Better that he can't be allowed to hurt anyone now, though doubtless those still loyal to him will hurt enough people for him.

Still. Even as horrible a man he was and as much suffering as he inflicted, I hope he does rest in what peace is available to him. I don't think that will be much, though.

Topped him.

What happened to the others found guilty at the time?

Oldfart, the article I read online said that they've held off on the other executions, not wanting to do them at the same time to make this day memorable. Or something of that sort.

Back to the topic at hand...


I don't like seeing the pics in the media but heard that many Iraqi's don't trust what they are told. I heard that they did not believe Sadam's sons were dead and that was why they released pics of them. Of course I didn't like seeing pics of his victims in the media either.


How do you think this will effect the ability to stabilize things in that area?

I don't think it will impact the stability of the area. That whole place is getting worse and worse. If anything I suspect that a few groups will make a ruckus, but in general it is a symbolic event at best. Hard to say.

I guess that chess is not the only thing the Arabs have taught us. :rolleyes:

Not a bit. The groups that were behind the brutal dictator personified by Saddam Hussein will simply use him as a martyr figure to continue their terrorist activities.

And the groups that are behind the brutal occupation of Iraq will continue to use the terrorist activities as an excuse to further their oppression of the Iraqi populace.

yep :cool:

double yep

His death :nuts:, as well as the whole invasion, has served to stabilize the local economy fosur...











hey the morticians are certainly making a good buck! :rolleyes:

Who's left in the way of notorious dictators to topple now? That dude in North Korea with the Eraserhead hairdo?

Kim Jong Ill...I'm sure I completely butchered the spelling of his name. Yeah. There's a man with overcompensation issues, I'll tell ya.

For me personally, the death of Saddam Hussein, closes out the Desert Storm campaign.

He was the reason that US and coalition troops, of which I was one, were in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. While the mission was to get Iraqi forces to leave the Kuwait nation, there were many who had the idea to remove Hussein from power then, 15 years ago. I'm quite sure that many lives wouldn't be as different today if US and coalition forces had done something at that time.

The decision was made, due to political and other reasons, to not "press" the issue. I'm not trying to sound like a "warmonger" but I wish the US had decided to remove him from power then. Many members of the military were willing to take on that mission then, and seeing the results of Saddam's regiem over the past 15 years has left some of the Desert Storm veterans, feeling like our mission was un-accomplished, even though by "official" standards, it was.

I'm not sad to see Saddam Hussein removed from this planet, may he rot in a special place in hell!

His death will give some in Iraq reason for him to become a martyr, and in a sense, a tragic figure, a victim of the US and it's oppression. That is just a fact of how my country is viewed. These people will attack US forces and other westerners becouse of how they view the west.

Others will celebrate, but they will also continue on their own violent acts against the other muslim sects in Iraq, and that is a shame.

Eventually the number of people who continue the violence in the name of Saddam Hussein, will die out, and he will be a footnote in history.....but in all likely hood the violence in Iraq will continue.

:huh: How far down the list do you want to go? :faint: From the figureheads of nations to the top punk of want-a-be street gangs down the block, there will ALWAYS be dictators willing to make others do ANYTHING for what they want. :gb:

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