Saddam Hussein to be Executed within 30 days

[Saikin]

An Iraqi appeals court has upheld the death sentence imposed on Saddam Hussein at his first trial, Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday. This means that he will be executed within 30 days.

http://news.netscape.com/story/2006/12/26/...-within-30-days



All i can say: It's about damn time.

[2NaFish]

bye Saddam.

[Robman?]

finally!!

I must ask, will it be televised?

[Mama Kin]

Yeah, this will probably bring all that peace to the Middle East Bush has been blathering about

It's gonna get worse folks......enjoy.

[Robman?]

yep, he'll become a martyr, and then we have Iran to worry about 

[Bandita]

This will solve nothing.  as Mama Kin said I would expect things to just get worse.

[Bill 213]

The only thing that will come out of this is Dubya calling up daddy and saying, "heh, I got that sunuvabitch dad...we won."

[Oddy]

its just gonna cause more shit.

i kinda liked having him alive.

i mean who knew what funny stuff he would say.

he provided endless ammounts of material for letterman and conan.

i found him to look quite comical in prison and court.

in the middle east you may have like 85% of people happy he's dead.

but you're gonna have the 15% fanaticals that will go crazy

[Bud Fox]

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Will it be on YouTube?

[Jim Bob]

Will it be on YouTube?

we can only hope. 

[fridayfan13]

too bad south park is not back yet. i hope they have a field day with this. the whole "Saddam in hell" scenario will be perfect

[Sakib]

i have a feeling he wont be hanged and get away with murder somehow. Why cant he just be executed immediately?

[Axl4Prez2004]

This will solve nothing.? as Mama Kin said I would expect things to just get worse.

Bandita's right.  This solves nothing.   

[2007what!]

saddam is one of modern time's worst and most brutal dictators and i'm glad he is being brought to justice, however i am against the death penalty in any case, even saddam's. you might say "well it is what the iraqi people needs, closure" and soforth but i don't agree with taking lives in any case, and it's better to jail him for life. what sickens me is to see some of you, who never in any way were affected by saddam's crimes, gloat and want to see a man being murdered live on TV. you should be ashamed of yourselves.

[Axl4Prez2004]

saddam is one of modern time's worst and most brutal dictators and i'm glad he is being brought to justice, however i am against the death penalty in any case, even saddam's. you might say "well it is what the iraqi people needs, closure" and soforth but i don't agree with taking lives in any case, and it's better to jail him for life. what sickens me is to see some of you, who never in any way were affected by saddam's crimes, gloat and want to see a man being murdered live on TV. you should be ashamed of yourselves.

That's the truth.  We claim to be a civilized nation.  We are sickened by the public executions in Saudi Arabia...yet, when we sanction the barbaric execution, all's good! 

Just when we have a chance to show the Middle East what humanity is all about...we answer killing with more killing.  How sad.   

[CheapJon]

i say make him suffer instead of killin' him, that will be like setting him free or something ya know what i mean

[Saikin]

its just gonna cause more shit.

i kinda liked having him alive.

i mean who knew what funny stuff he would say.

he provided endless ammounts of material for letterman and conan.

i found him to look quite comical in prison and court.

in the middle east you may have like 85% of people happy he's dead.

but you're gonna have the 15% fanaticals that will go crazy

Nevermind the thousands of people he killed over his reign, let's just throw him back in power because comedians have fun impersonating this guy.  Great reason to keep him around!

Remember that we had no say in his death.  This was an Iraqi appeals court that witheld the original sentence.  This isn't us killing him, it's his own people.

[Bud Fox]

The key battleground in the War of Iraq is the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, our inability to recognize that has cost us victory in this war. Although Saddam was a bastard he was not totally unpopular, while being able to keep a lid on the the place, a fact most of those on the right find hard to agree with due to their brainwashing. Saddam's conviction has tremondous impact on the Iraqi people, whether he is guilty or not, they must believe he was found guilty fairly or our enemies in Iraq will reap a propaganda bonanza portraying him as a victim of the American occupation puppet government.

Once again, we have played right into their hands, as we have done since the day we let them loot the arsenals. Saddam would have most assuredly been found guilty at the High Court at The Hague. So would Bush. Perhaps that is why he does not wish to make an appearance there. In any case, Saddam judged guilty by the world is much less of a propaganda weapon than Saddam found guilty by what all Sunnis consider American Shiite stooges.

[Robman?]

The key battleground in the War of Iraq is the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, our inability to recognize that has cost us victory in this war. Although Saddam was a bastard he was not totally unpopular, while being able to keep a lid on the the place, a fact most of those on the right find hard to agree with due to their brainwashing. Saddam's conviction has tremondous impact on the Iraqi people, whether he is guilty or not, they must believe he was found guilty fairly or our enemies in Iraq will reap a propaganda bonanza portraying him as a victim of the American occupation puppet government.

Once again, we have played right into their hands, as we have done since the day we let them loot the arsenals. Saddam would have most assuredly been found guilty at the High Court at The Hague. So would Bush. Perhaps that is why he does not wish to make an appearance there. In any case, Saddam judged guilty by the world is much less of a propaganda weapon than Saddam found guilty by what all Sunnis consider American Shiite stooges.

I agree, not many people realize how much power he had, keeping the country in a relatively peaceful state.