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2007-01-15 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2007-01-15 00:25|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 < > as dead as Saddam as the real Zarkey ><.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-01-15 01:08|| 2007-01-15 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Sic semper tyrannis!

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2007-01-15 01:09|| 2007-01-15 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Ibrahim and al-Bandar hanged

ahhh the good life, living dead with Saddam.

Posted by RD 2007-01-15 01:25|| 2007-01-15 01:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Barzan was the life of the party at the Dujayl trial. Among his best days: sitting on the floor and facing back at the press gallery sulking like a 5-yr old (and noticing Kim Dozier/CBS sitting in the front row of the gallery, and staring like a guy who lives in prison and doesn't see purdy women too often); wearing his dishdasha one day after No. 1 had switched back to his dark suit following a protest day involving "casual wear" - Saddam gave him looks all day that fairly screamed "you idiot, we gave up on that clothing passive resistance thing yesterday, you look like shit!"; delivering his own expert testimony, trying to debunk his signatures on various incriminating documents by explaining that anything can be forged, and citing "an American movie" ("Catch Me If You Can") as authority for his claim (causing Ryan Chilcote of CNN to be caught on camera, just behind Barzan over his right shoulder, laughing uproariously).

Most telling, and less amusing, however, were the plaintive, almost embarrassed words about Barzan of one veteran Iraqi journalist who attends most days at the couthouse: "such people ran my country, and murdered millions, for thirty years."

Awad was known to courthouse rats as "Dr. Evil" - he didn't resemble the Austin Powers character, but his appearance - dark and hostile eyes always glowering out from under his keffiyeh - invariably produced photos that made him look like a Central Casting bad guy (check the web for photo pool images of Awad in the courtroom).

Awad will only be missed in that he won't sit through the "special courts"/"merchants" case, if it comes to trial. He'd obviously be a central defendant then, and that case, properly done, would be the quintessential case about the Ba'athist tyranny, as it concerns the use of political kangaroo courts as tools of repression against all sects and groups.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-01-15 02:06|| 2007-01-15 02:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, and on WTOP radio this morning was the whining about poor Barzan, who had been soooo sad since Saddam was strung up. Also the obligatory, "Now the Sunnis will really be mad because of the way these guys were hung." I think that's 'cuz one of the heads was reported to have been yanked off. Ouch!

Posted by Bobby 2007-01-15 06:35|| 2007-01-15 06:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Awad Hamed al-Bandar with table cloth

Awad Hamed al-Bandar with out table cloth

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti

Posted by RD 2007-01-15 06:46|| 2007-01-15 06:46|| Front Page Top

#7 picnic cloth, my bad.

Posted by RD 2007-01-15 06:48|| 2007-01-15 06:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Woopsie Someone's Head Popped Off

BAGHDAD, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Two of Saddam Hussein's aides were hanged before dawn on Monday, the Iraqi government said, admitting that the head of his half-brother Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was also ripped from his body during the execution.

Posted by RD 2007-01-15 07:48|| 2007-01-15 07:48|| Front Page Top

#9 I wonder how Bashir Assad's neck would hold up?

Posted by ed 2007-01-15 07:57|| 2007-01-15 07:57|| Front Page Top

#10 Ibrahim al-Tikriti was also ripped from his body during the execution.

A jaw flinging headpopper? They very obviously neglected to consult the Rantburg executions and hangings height/weight, rope length, slack, length of fall and velosity charts SOP. Why do they not consult the Rant first?

Posted by Besoeker 2007-01-15 08:02|| 2007-01-15 08:02|| Front Page Top

#11 too long a rope i guess .. planned ? i would think so . Head of Mukhabarat musta built up a vast array of enemies during his 'term in office' .

bit grim , but well deserved

Posted by MacNails 2007-01-15 08:03|| 2007-01-15 08:03|| Front Page Top

#12 picnic cloth, my bad.

You were right twice, RD. A picnic cloth is a tablecloth taken outside and put on the grass. :-)

A good point, Besoeker. *snicker*

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-15 08:52|| 2007-01-15 08:52|| Front Page Top

#13 Sometimes the rope is so tight you have to cut if free......

Posted by john">john 2007-01-15 09:10|| http://john-smokegetsinmyeyes.blogspot.com/]">[http://john-smokegetsinmyeyes.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-15 09:10|| Front Page Top

#14 Does this go in the "Breaking Noose" category?

Posted by Mike 2007-01-15 09:36|| 2007-01-15 09:36|| Front Page Top

#15 My response to the news about Ibrahim:

OTOH, There is wailing and gnashing of teeth from the usual suspects.
NPR's usual lead-story, the American soldier death-watch, has been a little slow lately, so Morning Edition had to open with the "grisly" news about the hideous fate of Saddam's poor half-brother. They gave a good third of the news segment to the various reactions from horrified terror-lovers and dictator-tools. The tone was what you might expect when some hideous atrocity was being reported.

Admittedly, it is a bit untidy that the rat's head and his ass ended up as separate assemblies, so the Iraqi executioners should probably make an effort to polish their professional skills. Practice makes perfect, though. By the time they finish hanging the Saddamite fat-cats and start on small-fry and tools, it'll be a snap

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2007-01-15 09:47|| http://www.nuclearspace.com]">[http://www.nuclearspace.com] 2007-01-15 09:47|| Front Page Top

#16 'it'll be a snap'

*chuckle*

Posted by MacNails 2007-01-15 09:56|| 2007-01-15 09:56|| Front Page Top

#17 They gave a good third of the news segment to the various reactions from horrified terror-lovers and dictator-tools. The tone was what you might expect when some hideous atrocity was being reported.

Ah. The "Barney" generation. As in, Barney the Purple Dinosaur! Saints preserve us.

Posted by Chuck Darwin 2007-01-15 11:12|| 2007-01-15 11:12|| Front Page Top

#18 Sometimes, I want to use an axehandle to wake people up. Other times, I want to use it to put them to sleep. My "little list" is getting longer and longer.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-01-15 12:41|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-15 12:41|| Front Page Top

#19 "Atomic Conspiracy, listening to NPR so you don't have to". A friend tells me that on the first day of the war in 2003 NPR played funereal music - someone called it "music to lose by." Same guy tells me that on the day of Queen Nancy's coronation, NPR was practically as upbeat as a John Philip Sousa festival.

Why does one cent of MY money go to producing that crap?

Excellent comments.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-01-15 13:51|| 2007-01-15 13:51|| Front Page Top

#20 well hung

Posted by Captain America 2007-01-15 14:17|| 2007-01-15 14:17|| Front Page Top

#21 I wonder how Bashir Assad's neck would hold up?

ed, I think Bashir may have been selectively bred to elude the gallows. His head and neck appear to be some kind of cylinder.

Posted by eLarson 2007-01-15 14:22|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2007-01-15 14:22|| Front Page Top

#22 Maybe, but it would wreak havoc with his ears.

Posted by gorb 2007-01-15 16:18|| 2007-01-15 16:18|| Front Page Top

#23 it is a bit untidy that the rat's head and his ass ended up as separate assemblies

sigh, I'll be in the RB A League forever.

Posted by Shipman 2007-01-15 16:24|| 2007-01-15 16:24|| Front Page Top

#24 Practice makes perfect.

Posted by kelly 2007-01-15 17:54|| 2007-01-15 17:54|| Front Page Top

#25 ship invented jello jujitsu, and no one has yet reanimated from that arse kicking!

/many Imitators tho >:> [see imitating]

Posted by RD 2007-01-15 19:18|| 2007-01-15 19:18|| Front Page Top

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