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Iraq
Saddam aides 'to die this week'
2007-01-08
Moved to Monday for further discussion and commentary. AoS.
HT AOSHq
The Iraqi government has said that the executions of two senior associates of former leader Saddam Hussein, will take place some time during the week.
"A day ending with a "y", but before the next round of NFL playoffs.."
This is despite an appeal from the new UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, that they should not go ahead.
"STFU"
Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the execution orders for Barzan al-Tikriti and Awad al-Bandar had been signed, and there was no way back.
except down...
Saddam Hussein's execution has led to a chorus of international criticism.
from the usual Chorus
I must be getting really old. My mind's going. For the life of me, I can't recall the usual suspects's chorus of international criticism for these beauzeaux' victims.
Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's intelligence chief, and Awad al-Bandar, a former chief judge, were convicted along with Saddam Hussein for their part in the killing of 148 Shia Muslims in the Iraqi village of Dujail in the 1980s. Mr Dabbagh said that while the government respected the UN's view, it also had to respect the victims of Saddam Hussein and his henchmen.
Hmmm... Y'mean they can't recall, either?
"hench-victims have rights too"
"Certainly, the execution orders have been signed and are ready to be implemented," he said. "There are some technical preparations that need to take place in order to carry out the court's decision."
an extra couple ropes...
Saddam Hussein was hanged on 30 December amid chaotic scenes. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, who had been criticised for saying nothing on the issue, has now joined the critics.
What happened to his spine? Has Cheri removed it along with his balls?
His officials now say the prime minister does believe the way Saddam Hussein was taunted and filmed before he was hanged was completely wrong.
I'm not especially happy about it -- hanging should be a dignified affair for all the world to see -- but on a cosmic scale of things I think I've already gotten over it.
Earlier, the man expected to succeed Mr Blair as prime minister, Chancellor Gordon Brown, described events at the execution as deplorable and completely unacceptable.
as is your position, puss
Posted by:Frank G

#16  Aziz will be a defendant in the marshes case, should it come to trial (it's one of six cases total - including Dujayl and Anfal - on which the US has provided major investigative support to the tribunal). As noted above, Baghdad Bob was questioned but was of no interest in any of the investigations.

Have John Howard or his foreign minister Downer chimed in yet on the Saddam execution? Of all the world's leaders, they're about the only ones with an ounce of sense that they allow to be publicly displayed on such matters. Blair? Nice rhetoric at times, and basically gets it, but illustrative of his country's ambivalence to utterly unambiguous things (devotion to globaloney on various fronts and ridiculous obsession with mythical "peace processes").
Posted by: Verlaine   2007-01-08 22:49  

#15  "we sentence your hypoid bone to fracture and the neck innards to exposure"..there, fixed that fer ya
Posted by: Frank G   2007-01-08 22:28  

#14  it left a mark.

»:-)
Posted by: RD   2007-01-08 22:25  

#13  That was not a very dignified video. Besides, the Hague did not get a chance to sentence him to a life of boredom.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2007-01-08 21:28  

#12  you'd think he woulda worked out those neck muscles a little more, he had nothing but time :-)
Posted by: Frank G   2007-01-08 19:23  

#11  NSFW
Saddam, New Video, neck broken thru and thru
Posted by: RD   2007-01-08 17:41  

#10  I'm with ya, OP, with one change - don't drop him down, haul him up.
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-08 15:08  

#9  I don't approve of the way Saddam was hung, either. It should have been in a public place, say from those "crossed swords" on that broad street he had everybody march down. The crowd should have been allowed to count down from ten, with him dropping on "zero". Celebrate it for the joyous occasion it was - the death of one who made far too many people's lives a living hell.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-01-08 14:10  

#8  As I recall, Baghdad Bob once tried to turn himself in but was laughed off--literally. He won't be swinging unless he does so himself.
Posted by: Dar   2007-01-08 13:50  

#7  hanging should be a dignified affair

Don't remember who, but someone snarked that Saddam was the only one in the room who behaved like an adult.
Posted by: SteveS   2007-01-08 13:20  

#6  Tariq's in Iraqi prison awaiting trial, IIRC, but Bob was just a spokeshole...he won't get the necktie
Posted by: Frank G   2007-01-08 11:40  

#5  Are Tariq Aziz and Baghdad Bob amongst these guys?

If not, where are these two?

Posted by: FOTSGreg   2007-01-08 11:05  

#4  Saddam received a far more dignified send-off than he gave any of his many victims. That's real progress.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2007-01-08 09:11  

#3  So you can stretch someone's neck with a rope, but you cannot say hurtful things to them as they drop through the trap.

O.K.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-01-08 07:59  

#2  Sammy swinging, the short vid

click where it says 'download' top left
Posted by: RD   2007-01-08 03:28  

#1  Hang 'em. Hang 'em high and exercise the dawgs.

Posted by: Shipman   2007-01-07 16:54  

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