Saddam....30 days and counting

[Edwina's Secretary]

But of course we always have the soapboxers, and the dogooders who think they know all of the answers.

I'm curious...is that as opposed to the dobadders who either DO know all the answers or do they also only think they know all the answers???

[Catty1]

bc - Iraq does not have the same laws pertaining to death that the US does...I remember news reports saying that once he (or anyone) is sentenced to death, that the sentence has to be carried out within thiry days. So that means he is not even around for his second trial (I wondered about this, but you can't kill someone twice).

There are two men charged with him who were to be hanged at the same time he was.

I think Death Row in Iraq is a pretty short one, from the little I have seen.

[Twisterdog]

bc - Iraq does not have the same laws pertaining to death that the US does...I remember news reports saying that once he (or anyone) is sentenced to death, that the sentence has to be carried out within thiry days. So that means he is not even around for his second trial (I wondered about this, but you can't kill someone twice).

There are two men charged with him who were to be hanged at the same time he was.

I think Death Row in Iraq is a pretty short one, from the little I have seen.

Not a bad idea at all, IMO.

[popcornbird]

Junescrater, when did I say killing him is inhumane?????????

Buttercup, when did I say I wanted him alive?????

I only said he's now in God's hands, God will deal with him in His supreme justice, AND, it makes no difference to me either way. I really don't care. It doesn't matter to me. He's dead, fine...he's dead. Its not like its going to end the war, or prevent other evil people in this world from harming innocent people.

Learn to read and understand the English language.

[junescrater716]

Junescrater, when did I say killing him is inhumane?????????

Buttercup, when did I say I wanted him alive?????

I only said he's now in God's hands, God will deal with him in His supreme justice, AND, it makes no difference to me either way. I really don't care. It doesn't matter to me. He's dead, fine...he's dead. Its not like its going to end the war, or prevent other evil people in this world from harming innocent people.

Learn to read and understand the English language.

I didn't mean YOU I meant the other person. The first sentence was directed to you. lol

[junescrater716]

The reason why it was put on tv was because the people from Iraq wanted to be sure that he really was dead. They wanted to be sure that they were free from his "rule".

[K9soul]

I agree with you Kay, and the others who were bothered by the "celebratory" nature of this situation. It really creeps me out that people would want to hunt down a video and watch it happen. It creeps me out when people would act gleeful and celebratory of an execution. My feeling is it should be viewed as justice, with more an attitude of grimness, something that needed to be done, something his own people sentenced him to and carried out. Laughing and jeering and making a spectacle of it bothers me very much. This isn't directed at anyone here, just some attitudes in general I have seen around me. Something about the whole thing makes me uneasy, though I couldn't exactly say why. My belief is that his fate is in God's hands now, his soul is for God to judge.

[wombat2u2004]

I'm curious...is that as opposed to the dobadders who either DO know all the answers or do they also only think they know all the answers???

Sometimes !!!!

[lizbud]

Videos of his hanging are already flooding the web.The onlookers
jeered & taunted Saddam right to the end. He left the world shouting
and he did look scared before the trap door opened.

[Kfamr]

The whole thing disgusts me.
I don't disagree with him dying however, why is there a need for people to watch? All there was needed was one person doing the deed and one person video taping it for those who needed proof. No one needed to be there shouting at him. There was no reason for onlookers. That made us sink to his level, in my opinion.

[Husky15]

The whole thing disgusts me.
I don't disagree with him dying however, why is there a need for people to watch? All there was needed was one person doing the deed and one person video taping it for those who needed proof. No one needed to be there shouting at him. There was no reason for onlookers. That made us sink to his level, in my opinion.

Couldn't agree with you more.

[lizbud]

No one needed to be there shouting at him. There was no reason for onlookers. That made us sink to his level, in my opinion.

kay. what us? He was tried in an Iragi court, by an Iragi judge, and
sentenced to death under Iragi law.Hanging is legal in that country.They
control the courts & set the" arena" for the execution (how many can be
in the room, etc.)

No one has to hunt down the link to the video. It was within an NBC
news website.

[K9soul]

No one has to hunt down the link to the video. It was within an NBC
news website.

The actual video footage of the hanging happening, or the footage from Iraqi news that showed right up to the point of the noose being placed but did not show the actual hanging? I haven't seen either, but I read an article that described the videos. And I guess what I meant was people who jumped online the moment they heard and went looking for a video so they could watch a man die. I understand feeling of satisfaction that justice was done. To me there is a difference between that and feeling glee as in 'YES! woohoo! I can't wait to see the video of his neck snapping!"

If anyone here does feel that way, that's their right. But I can't help but feel disturbed by it.

[junescrater716]

go to ebaumsworld.com and you can see the hanging.

[lizbud]

The Indy Channel is a local TV news site. It's one I read every day.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/10640601/detail.html