Killing of Saddam is wrong

ivfootball.com · Posted: 29 Dec 2006 04:09 PM Post subject: Killing of Saddam is wrong

Keep him in prison...Why take away his pain of not being in power... and the death penalty should be reserved for?

ivfootball.com · Posted: 29 Dec 2006 05:11 PM Post subject: yup

If "pro" means yes, and "con" means no, is Congress the opposite of Progress?

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Saddam execution 'within hours'

Saddam's execution does not represent true justice for many Iraqis [EPA]

Saddam Hussein is only a few hours way from execution, his lawyers and Iraqi officials hinted on Friday.

Khalil al- Dulaimi, Saddam's defence lawyer, told Reuters: "The Americans have notified us that they have handed over the president to the Iraqi authorities.

"They told us the president is no longer under the authority of the American forces and they requested us not to go to Baghdad," he said.

Najib al-Nuaimi, another defence lawyer, had earlier told Al Jazeera that he believed that the toppled president would be executed on Saturday.

Reuters quoting a key court official in Baghdad said Iraq's government had told him to be ready to attend the hanging of Saddam Hussein between 5.30am and 6am (02:30-03:00 GMT) on Saturday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as he had been sworn to secrecy, told Reuters that a government official telephoned to tell him that he would be taken to the place of execution in time. The court official is among those who must, by law, attend any execution.

The government has been meeting US officials to determine if a hanging can take place on Saturday and it was still not clear if a final decision had been made or whether court officials were being gathered simply as a precautionary measure

An AP report, also quoting an unnamed Iraqi official, said that Saddam could be executed before 6am Baghdad time (03:00 GMT) on Saturday.

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Personal belongings

"The Americans called the defence team to pick up his personal belongings," al-Nuaimi said.

"All these indications show he will probably be executed tomorrow morning, on the first day of Eid," al-Nuaimi, a former justice minister of Qatar, said.

Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, said that there could be "no delay" in carrying out the execution.

An aide confirmed the content of the prime minister's remarks, reported by state television, and said he made them to relatives of victims of Saddam's oppression.

"Whoever rejects Saddam's execution would be insulting the martyrs. After the court upheld the sentence no one can overrule the death sentence against the criminal Saddam," said a statement from al-Maliki’s office.

"There will be no review [of the sentence] or delay in carrying out the execution against the criminal Saddam," said al-Maliki.

But some members of the Sunni minority say an execution may increase alienation among their community.

Some Kurds would also like to see Saddam convicted of genocide in the Kurdish north.

Secrecy

Saddam always insisted that the trial
was political
Al-Dulaimi, who led Saddam's defence team until he was sentenced on November 5, said: "The Americans called me and asked me to pick up the personal effects".

An appeals court has upheld Saddam's death sentence for crimes against humanity and said he should hang within 30 days.

US military and embassy spokesmen dealing with the issue have stressed the need for secrecy over the arrangements.

Although legally in Iraqi custody, US troops keep guard over Saddam.

And although Iraqis will carry out the execution, it also seems likely that US forces will stay on hand throughout for fear that opponents of the former leader could turn it into a public spectacle.

Farewell

One of Saddam's lawyers said the former Iraqi leader bade farewell to two of his brothers, who are also held at the US army's Camp Cropper near Baghdad airport.

"He was in very high spirits and clearly readying himself," said Badie Aref, after the 69-year-old Saddam met his half-brothers.

"He told them he was happy he would meet his death at the hands of his enemies and be a martyr, not just languish in jail."

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies.

ivfootball.com · Posted: 29 Dec 2006 05:52 PM Post subject: No blame

You cannot blame Cherry's, Silva's, Pablo's, or the other two young Valleyites deaths on Saddam... If your going to hang someone Hang George W. Bush

superplayer · Posted: 30 Dec 2006 08:28 PM Post subject:

I don't see any benefits in killing him, as if his death would ease the suffering of all his former victims.

Big time villians of history tend to become a valuable source of information and constantly interviewed by reporters or history scholars, such as the Nazi survivors who were interviewed forever before they died, or maybe even the ones that are still alive. By killing this guy, they are only reducing the possibility of more books to be written, from his perspective and narratives.

elchrist · Posted: 03 Jan 2007 01:59 PM Post subject:

Saddam blew his opportunity to say something memorable and great right before his death.

BTW, someone needs to give that phonecam person some mobile video lessons. How do you take the camera off Saddam seconds after his neck breaks?

I'm glad they killed the SOB. Yes, he probably had thousands of secrets to tell, but it's likely he'd had never spilled the beans anyway...

locoinclx · Posted: 03 Jan 2007 06:39 PM Post subject:

they should have just shot him in his cell.. hanging him gave him too much honor...

soul · Cholo Nako Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

They should have put him inside a old humvee, radio controlled the humvee until a roadside bomb got his ass. And then plastered the news with pictures of him and say that his other low life followers will follow...maybe the bomber will think twice before placing road bombs....

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Im not into humane treament if your are going to kill a killer... I rather not have had him killed but the roadside bomb would have been cool
That sun of bitch would give PLO families cash for blowin up Jews
I still dont belive in killing of another man... you liberals should be ashamed of yourselves...

TsutchiEsMaximus · Posted: 08 Feb 2007 11:53 PM Post subject:

i'm pretty sure saddam is safe and that person hanged was one of his hundred look-a-likes......

i also have a theory about osama bin laden.....i bet that fool is living here in the US...without a beard.....living with some omish folk......i mean...comeon...would you recognize that fool if he took off his beard? i do't think so..