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Saddam hanged, Iraqi TV reports

IRAQI TV has reported that Iraq's former feared dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed in a dawn hanging.

Earlier Arabic TV reported that preparations were under way for Saddam Hussein's execution with a cleric having arrived to hear any final words and witnesses in place.

US-backed Al Hurra said a Muslim cleric was present at the place of execution, but it did not say where that was.

Two witnesses due to attend the execution told Reuters earlier they had been summoned for 5.30 am (1330 AEDY).

Arabiya television reported they were present at that hour.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave an execution order overnight, with approval from the Iraqi President and justice minister, said a close party ally.

But the feast of Eid al-Adha from noon could have delayed the hanging if final details, including the site of the gallows and fate of the body, had not been agreed with the Americans.

US officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

An early execution will delight Maliki's Shi'ites but may anger Saddam's resentful Sunni minority, as well as some Kurds who were hoping to see him convicted of genocide against them.

Defence lawyer Issam Jhazzawi said Saddam's exiled daughters in Jordan were bracing for his imminent death. "The family are praying for him every minute and are calling on God that He let his soul rest in peace among the martyrs," he said.

Several other officials said they had been told to gather early in the fortified, US-defended Green Zone government compound in Baghdad that was once Saddam's palace complex.

A television station run by Mr Maliki's party said a gallows was ready on a parade ground dominated by a triumphal arch – formed of crossed swords held in hands modelled on Saddam's own. But other sites are also possible for any execution.

Seeking an 11th hour reprieve, defence lawyers asked a US federal court to order a halt to the execution because Saddam is a defendant in a civil case in Washington.

Earlier, another defence attorney said he was told Saddam was already in Iraqi hands, although US officials denied that.

In any case, a senior Iraqi official said, US troops would give Saddam up only "when he climbs the gallows".

The appeals court this week upheld a November 5 conviction for crimes against humanity over the killings of 148 Shi'ite men. Judge Munir Haddad said Saddam's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former judge Awad al-Bander would also be hanged on Saturday.

With millions in Iraq's now dominant Shi'ite Muslim majority thirsting for revenge for Saddam's three decades of oppression, US officials have been concerned since they captured Saddam three years ago to ensure he is treated with judicial propriety.

US troops are also on alert for trouble from insurgents among Saddam's Sunni minority. While there were some protests at November's verdict by a US-sponsored court, few Sunnis have deep feelings about the fate of the fallen strongman.

An execution at the start of Eid would be highly symbolic. The feast marks the sacrifice the prophet Abraham was prepared to make when God ordered him to kill his son and many Shi'ites could regard Saddam's death as a gift from God. Such symbolism could further anger Sunnis, resentful of new Shi'ite power.

Saddam was found guilty over the killing, torture and other crimes against the Shi'ite population of the town of Dujail after Shi'ite militants tried to assassinate him there in 1982.

Saddam, who said in court he had no fear of dying, had a farewell meeting with two of his half-brothers on Thursday, his lawyers said, adding the fallen dictator was in high spirits.

He has been held at a US base near Baghdad airport.

Saddam's conviction was hailed by US President George W. Bush as a triumph for the democracy he promised to foster in Iraq after the 2003 invasion. With US public support for the war slumping as the number of American dead rapidly approaches 3000, Washington is likely to welcome the death of Saddam.

International human rights groups criticised the year-long trial, during which three defence lawyers were killed and a chief judge resigned complaining of political interference.

Source: news.com.au - 30 December 2006

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And with him go the secrets of previous Iraq-US links. I bet a few in the Bush administartion are breathing a sigh of relief.

Oh and as a by-product we manage to turn yet another serail abuser of his people into a martyr. That takes some doing but is just about the only thing that Bush et al are capable of efficiently doing.

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Was it really Saddam, though? Or one of his doubles who's in on the scam in exchange for agreed 'compensation'?

And was there really an execution? Or just the appearance of one to provoke the desired effect at this juncture in the Iraq quagmire?

The following will prove very thought-provoking for some of you:

Shaddam Shaddam's New Vaudeville Scam

Mrs Saddam Says Saddam Is Not Saddam

America Commits Suicide in Iraq: They should have left bearded whatshisname in the hole

So, where is the real Saddam?? The CIA knows. Where is Osama? (CIA codename: 'Tim Osman') The CIA knows. The real Saddam is, from those in-the-know, a CIA-trained assassin from the late 1950's, who was then later, of course, installed as puppet.

Don't be hoodwinked by the Zionists' global disinformation campaign.

(Note: Mr. Vialls gave his life to get this information out. His articles have been archived by generous benefactors who are trying to preserve his knowledge and continue to make it available online to raise awareness about what's really behind some of the news and events we see and hear.)

Main site: Vialls Investigations: Exposing Media Disinformation

Get informed...

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Robski Platinum Member

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What's the link to Thailand?

I agree with you Yeti. I'm trying to figure out Saddam's connection to Thailand...did he visit here any time in his life? Maybe he visited Pattaya...or a go-go club...or a spa. Otherwise, why are we talking about him here?

It's news, and very important news at that, for expats living Thailand. I wouldn't have known if it wasn't reported here.

It is an historic event, which will have repurcussions for years to come. There is a saying something along the lines that the victor gets to write their own history, now with Saddam out of the way Bush et al have a clear run to sweep the facts under the carpet and instate their version of events, we may not believe it now, but what about future generations?

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What's the link to Thailand?

I agree with you Yeti. I'm trying to figure out Saddam's connection to Thailand...did he visit here any time in his life? Maybe he visited Pattaya...or a go-go club...or a spa. Otherwise, why are we talking about him here?

The link to Thailand as I see it is that he was tried and sentenced to death for ordering the death of 148 of his own citizens in Dujail. I for one applaud the Iraqi courts for having the courage to punish him for that. Now, I am wondering if the Thai justice system will ever have the same courage, and if anyone will be punished for the murders of thousands of people in the "war on drugs", for the deaths in Tak Bai, etc etc.

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Pink Mist Star Member

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What's the link to Thailand?

I agree with you Yeti. I'm trying to figure out Saddam's connection to Thailand...did he visit here any time in his life? Maybe he visited Pattaya...or a go-go club...or a spa. Otherwise, why are we talking about him here?

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I caught a bit of this on CNN this morning. Found the whole thing a bit ghoulish and barbaric, particularly the manner in which it was being reported.

Reminded me of the reporting in that Arnie move, 'The Running Man', except that was fiction.

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Capital punishment demeans and degrades every one associated with it and sadly in this case even those who voted in the "coalition" governments.

The Christians who put Bush in had better reconsider. If an eye for an eye is used as an excuse for things like this then the Bible would be better of never having existed.

Watch those who commentate.....the degree of gloating will be in inverse proportion to their quality.

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Was it really Saddam, though? Or one of his doubles who's in on the scam in exchange for agreed 'compensation'?

And was there really an execution? Or just the appearance of one to provoke the desired effect at this juncture in the Iraq quagmire?

The following will prove very thought-provoking for some of you:

Shaddam Shaddam's New Vaudeville Scam

Mrs Saddam Says Saddam Is Not Saddam

America Commits Suicide in Iraq: They should have left bearded whatshisname in the hole

So, where is the real Saddam?? The CIA knows. Where is Osama? (CIA codename: 'Tim Osman') The CIA knows. The real Saddam is, from those in-the-know, a CIA-trained assassin from the late 1950's, who was then later, of course, installed as puppet.

Don't be hoodwinked by the Zionists' global disinformation campaign.

(Note: Mr. Vialls gave his life to get this information out. His articles have been archived by generous benefactors who are trying to preserve his knowledge and continue to make it available online to raise awareness about what's really behind some of the news and events we see and hear.)

Main site: Vialls Investigations: Exposing Media Disinformation

Get informed...

You're a loonie... :o

This is a quote from one of your links..

The first psychological flooding trick used on you was America's symbolic "triumph" over President Hussein, generated by Mossad shrinks who ordered that his bronze statue in central Baghdad be defaced and then torn down. Theoretically, this should have made the Iraqi people hate Saddam for letting them down, thereby allowing the resulting power vacuum to be filled seamlessly by lovable Zionist butchers. As multiple lethal events in Iraq have shown ever since, the Iraqi people were not fooled by this pathetic Mossad psycho-babble.
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some more breaking news from that silly website.

Main site: Vialls Investigations: Exposing Media Disinformation

WAR ON TERROR 911

Forget the media hype about "Arab Hijackers" because there were none on board the aircraft on 9/11. Outrageous? Not at all. The four aircraft used in the attacks were hijacked electronically from the ground by American agencies,

In the mid-seventies America faced a new and escalating crisis, with US commercial jets being hijacked for geopolitical purposes. Determined to gain the upper hand in this new form of aerial warfare, two American multinationals collaborated with the Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) on a project designed to facilitate the remote recovery of hijacked American aircraft. Brilliant both in concept and operation, “Home Run” [not its real code name] allowed specialist ground controllers to listen in to cockpit conversations on the target aircraft, then take absolute control of its computerized flight control system by remote means.

From that point onwards, regardless of the wishes of the hijackers or flight deck crew, the hijacked aircraft could be recovered and landed automatically at an airport of choice, with no more difficulty than flying a radio-controlled model plane. The engineers had no idea that almost thirty years after its initial design, Home Run’s top secret computer codes would be broken, and the system used to facilitate direct ground control of the four aircraft used in the high-profile attacks on New York and Washington on 11th September 2001.

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There's probably no doubt that he was responsible for those mass murders, but in the end i'd have to say Iraq was probably better off with Saddam in power than now. At least had the country under control and the people feared him. In a country like Iraq, that is unfortunately needed to keep stability. I don't think there were dozens of bombs and attacks on the streets while Saddam was in charge.

The current administration has absolutely no control over things. The best thing they could have done would have been to reinstate Saddam as the president and get the country under control. Now, its going to be even worse. And in the end you have to ask, was it really worth invading a country under false pretenses (WMD's, we all know by now there were none) and throw it into a civil war that will probably last for decades?

I'm not saying Saddam was an angel, but he was probably just what Iraq needed for stability.

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Work = a dictatorship that deals the harshest of punishments to keep a society running and avoiding a civil war and total collapse.

. . . while commiting genocide, murdering tens of thousands and keeping the population hostage to his kin by rule of death.

No-one needs a dictator like that and it is frightening that anyone would advocate such mayhem and murder.

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