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2006-12-30

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You've been saving that pic for a special occasion, haven't you Fred? Nice. :-)

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2006-12-30 00:01|| 2006-12-30 00:01|| Front Page Top

#2 A couple days early, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-30 00:04|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-30 00:04|| Front Page Top

#3 He's ding dong dangled dead.

That picture says high production value all over it.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-12-30 00:05|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-12-30 00:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Well hung

Posted by Captain America 2006-12-30 00:09|| 2006-12-30 00:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Busby Berkley?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-30 00:19|| 2006-12-30 00:19|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 Frank - who else? ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-30 00:41|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-30 00:41|| Front Page Top

#7 and once again, the law firm of Dewey,Cheatham and Clark(Ramsey) loses yet another high profile client to juries laegely unsympathetic to the twisted logic of the left.

If Ramsey Clark shows up at your reception desk, its like getting a visit from the angel of death.

Posted by frank martin">frank martin 2006-12-30 00:41|| www.varifrank.com]">[www.varifrank.com] 2006-12-30 00:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Wow. That looks expensive Fred. Time to head to the tip jar and top off your scotch and cigar fund as well as help you keep up production values. I'm in a celebratory mood.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2006-12-30 00:47|| 2006-12-30 00:47|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 CL - I'm going to do that tomorrow (here and elsewhere) when I'm sober and know what I'm doing.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-30 00:59|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-30 00:59|| Front Page Top

#10 2007 Saddam free, brought to you by President Bush and proudly supported by ... me!

Posted by anon1 2006-12-30 01:27|| 2006-12-30 01:27|| Front Page Top

#11 All in all, a good three days in the WoT:

Sat 2006-12-30
Saddam hanged
Fri 2006-12-29
Daffy Janjalani presumed dead
Thu 2006-12-28
Islamic Courts Hang It Up
Wed 2006-12-27

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-12-30 02:14|| 2006-12-30 02:14|| Front Page Top

#12 CNN: Two witness statements

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 02:46|| 2006-12-30 02:46|| Front Page Top

#13 haaretz: Iraqi-Americans cheer reports of Saddam Hussein's execution more at link
Buried in Yemen
Ahead of the execution of Saddam Hussein, his daughter had asked that his body be buried in Yemen, a source close to the family said.

His daughter Raghd, who is exiled in Jordan, "is asking that his body be buried in Yemen temporarily until Iraq is liberated and it can be reburied in Iraq," a source close to the family said by telephone.

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 03:16|| 2006-12-30 03:16|| Front Page Top

#14 full account: Hussein executed

BAGHDAD A defiant Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn today in a secret concrete death chamber here as the Muslim call to prayer echoed over the capital.

Hussein and 14 Iraqi government representatives were flown by helicopter to the site, according to Iraqi High Tribunal Judge Munir Haddad. Guards escorted Hussein into the room, where he denounced the West and Iran.

Hussein then climbed the high ladder to the gallows.

As his executioners placed a noose around his neck, Hussein blanched but betrayed no emotion, Haddad said.

Hussein refused to wear a hood.

The charged silence that settled over the execution chamber was broken by an exchange between Hussein and four guards, who were apparently followers of Muqtada Sadr, the militant Shiite cleric whose father was killed by Hussein.

"Muqtada Sadr!" they cried out.

Hussein scoffed in reply.

His last word was a sarcastic "Muqtada," Haddad said. "And then he was hanged."

No cleric was provided. But as Hussein's life ebbed away, Haddad said, some of those present uttered a Muslim prayer often used by Shiite congregations to express gratitude: "May Allah bless Muhammad and his descendants."

The deposed Iraqi president had been convicted of crimes against humanity Nov. 5 for the killings of 148 men and boys from the town of Dujayl after a 1982 assassination attempt a comparative handful among the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths for which he was responsible during his nearly four-decade rule.

His execution officially ends a bloody chapter in this nation's history but is not expected to quell the sectarian civil war and violent insurgency that have racked the country since his overthrow by an American-led invasion in 2003.

As news of the execution spread, some Iraqis here celebrated with the customary gunfire into the air, and television channels As news of the execution spread, some Iraqis here celebrated with the customary gunfire into the air, and television channels broadcast Hussein retrospectives complete with film of his many victims. more

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 03:52|| 2006-12-30 03:52|| Front Page Top

#15 brutal dictators humble final moments.

Ali Al Massedy was 3 feet away from Saddam Hussein when he died. "I saw fear, he was afraid," Ali told NEWSWEEK minutes after returning from the execution. Wearing a rumpled green suit and holding a Sony HDTV video camera in his right hand, "He was saying things about injustice, about resistance, about how these guys are terrorists," he says. On the way to the gallows, according to Ali, "Saddam said, Iraq without me is nothing."

He followed Saddam up the gallows steps, escorted by two guards. He stood over the hole and filmed from close quarters as Saddam dropped throughfrom "me to you," he said, crouching down to show how he shot the scene. The distance, he said, was "about one meter,"

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 04:18|| 2006-12-30 04:18|| Front Page Top

#16

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 04:20|| 2006-12-30 04:20|| Front Page Top

#17 Video of Saddam just before the drop

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 04:28|| 2006-12-30 04:28|| Front Page Top

#18 just in case the other link goes haywire

http://www.sendspace.com/file/06j90u

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 04:37|| 2006-12-30 04:37|| Front Page Top

#19 Graphic (from Drudge):

Posted by Fred 2006-12-30 05:29|| 2006-12-30 05:29|| Front Page Top

#20 Nice Fred. I was trying to post that frame myself, but Microsoft (spit!) seems to have a new "feature" that prevents one from even copying a screenshot from a .wmv file....

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2006-12-30 05:41|| 2006-12-30 05:41|| Front Page Top

#21 a few ~~dollars~~ frames more

Posted by RD 2006-12-30 06:01|| 2006-12-30 06:01|| Front Page Top

#22 Leave it to AP to screw up their headline. I thought Saddam was condemned for crimes against humanity. War crimes are something different.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-30 07:04|| 2006-12-30 07:04|| Front Page Top

#23 Reuters writes about Arab seething combined with Arab confusion over the matter.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-30 07:10|| 2006-12-30 07:10|| Front Page Top

#24 Ali Al Massedy was 3 feet away from Saddam Hussein when he died. "I saw fear, he was afraid,"

"Then I smelled poopy pants."

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-12-30 08:29|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-12-30 08:29|| Front Page Top

#25 It was prolly one of those missing doubles. Heh.

/Arab congenital conspiracy gene

Posted by .com 2006-12-30 08:55|| 2006-12-30 08:55|| Front Page Top

#26 AP finds a useful idjut:

U.S. troops cheered as news of Saddam's execution appeared on television at the mess hall at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad. But some soldiers expressed doubt that Saddam's death would be a significant turning point for Iraq.

"First it was weapons of mass destruction. Then when there were none, it was that we had to find Saddam. We did that, but then it was that we had to put him on trial," said Spc. Thomas Sheck, 25, who is on his second tour in Iraq. "So now, what will be the next story they tell us to keep us over here?"

Posted by KBK 2006-12-30 09:40|| 2006-12-30 09:40|| Front Page Top

#27 What a week, It's all good!!!!

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-12-30 10:11|| 2006-12-30 10:11|| Front Page Top

#28 San Diego Union headline (of a NYT story):
SADDAM HANGED - Chaos has now eclipsed brutality of his regime

*SPIT*

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-12-30 10:13|| 2006-12-30 10:13|| Front Page Top

#29 KBK, Just watched ~~Good Morning~~ We Hate America and their 'experts' (aka correspondents) were hard pressed to contain their tears over his demise.

And of course they repeated the same 'so what will be the next story to keep us in Iraq' quote and then smeared that over all US Forces by added a 'american forces are further frustrated...'

I wonder how many hours AP spent finding that quote they wanted.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-30 10:23|| 2006-12-30 10:23|| Front Page Top

#30 They probably made it up CF. They are very good at that.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-12-30 10:26|| 2006-12-30 10:26|| Front Page Top

#31 Now that you mention it, our network news people did seem a little somber about Saddam's demise.

Posted by badanov 2006-12-30 10:33|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2006-12-30 10:33|| Front Page Top

#32 Last night, Katie Couric seemed as if she was going to mess up her makeup right there on screen.

She was wearing SAD face.

Posted by Chuck Darwin 2006-12-30 10:51|| 2006-12-30 10:51|| Front Page Top

#33 On Drudge now: