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Saddam to be executed - tonight.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein will be hanged before dawn on Saturday in Iraq, before 6 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET), according to Appeals Judge Munir Haddad.
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But wait - what's this?

Attorney Nicholas Gilman says in an application for a restraining order, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, that a stay would allow Hussein "to be informed of his rights and take whatever action he can and may wish to pursue."
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That's nice. A US judge is going to order Iraq not to execute someone? I don't think so. Neither does the judge in Iraq.

Haddad called Gilman's filing "rubbish," and said, "It will not delay carrying out the sentence," which he called "final."
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So, what are the details?

Hussein will be hanged along with two others, Barzan Hassan and Awad Bandar. All were convicted of killing 148 Shiite Muslims in the Iraqi town of Dujail nearly 25 years ago.

Haddad wouldn't disclose the location of the execution and said it won't be broadcast live on TV because of human rights issues.

Meanwhile, Giovanni di Stefano, one of Hussein's defense attorneys, told CNN the U.S. military officially informed him that the former Iraqi dictator has been transferred to Iraqi authorities for his execution and that a "credible source" told him Hussein will be executed "very shortly -- in the next couple of hours."
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Just another common capital criminal.
 
Before 6 AM Saturday, Iraq time, which is 10 PM ET Friday night.

Which is less than 27 minutes from now.

Whatever else, good riddance to a mass-murdering ****.
 
Haddad wouldn't disclose the location of the execution and said it won't be broadcast live on TV because of human rights issues
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Ironic, given Saddam had no problem having his sons execute people by stabbing them in the back of the head with knives, or run through with spears, then forcing them to walk around a stadium until they died, while a crowd, and Saddam, sat in the stands, and they filmed it for posterity.
 
Sounds dead to me.
Betcha we see it on youtube soon enough.
 
Beerina said:
Ironic, given Saddam had no problem having his sons execute people by stabbing them in the back of the head with knives, or run through with spears, then forcing them to walk around a stadium until they died, while a crowd, and Saddam, sat in the stands, and they filmed it for posterity.
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My understanding is that the execution was videotaped and that the tape is not intended to be released (at least not in full). The purpose of the video taping seems to be to cover their ass if there are accusations that it was botched or faked or that Sadam made a defiant last stand or something like that.
 
Ding dong, the dictator is dead.

I'm against the death penalty, but if we had to kill someone... Well, this was the guy.
 
Hehe, the cable news reports that the execution was taped. :p Thank goodness for the internet, I'll enjoy watching that man die. If that makes you sick so be it but after what he's done I don't consider him to be a human being anyway.

I wonder if cable news will air it...
 
Anyone found the video yet? All CNN has is them putting the noose on, and then another crappy cell phone video of his body in the back of a truck or something.
 
OK, the real execution video is here, needless to say it's not for the sensitive. Not the "official" video, looks like a video from a spectator's cell phone.
 
Beerina said:
Ironic, given Saddam had no problem having his sons execute people by stabbing them in the back of the head with knives, or run through with spears, then forcing them to walk around a stadium until they died, while a crowd, and Saddam, sat in the stands, and they filmed it for posterity.
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Whereas totally non-ironic free democratic speech merely posts ... videos of executions. Like WildCat did. For all "posterity" to see. Hurrah!

It's like rai-ai-ain, on your wedding day ...
 
Should have been shot on site. His victims had no trial, and certainly didn't deserve one even if they had.
 
Dr Adequate said:
Whereas totally non-ironic free democratic speech merely posts ... videos of executions. Like WildCat did. For all "posterity" to see. Hurrah!

It's like rai-ai-ain, on your wedding day ...
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Speaking of irony, did anyone other than me find the face covering masks/hats that his gallows team wore eerily similar to the masks various Al Qaeda / insurgent Iraqis wear in their web videos as they cut off heads, shoot victims, etc?

Do they all shop at the same store in Baghdad for such gear?

DR
 
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