posted December 29, 2006 09:41 PM            

"Oh, God, you know what Saddam has done! He killed millions of Iraqis in prisons, in wars with neighboring countries and he is responsible for mass graves," said Sheik Sadralddin al-Qubanji, a member of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, known as SCIRI, a dominant party in al-Maliki's coalition. "Oh God, we ask you to take revenge on Saddam."

posted December 29, 2006 10:37 PM            

Many, and some in the US wanted Saddam turned over to the International Criminal Tribunal for trial under the auspices of the United Nations.

If convicted there, he would not have faced the death penalty.

But, it's the Iraqi people who have jurisdiction, the crimes against Iraqis for which Saddam Hussein was tried and convicted having been committed in Iraq.

Iraq had jurisdiction, the Iraqi Courts have jurisdiction and the UN, the Hague, Kofi Annan, the United States and the world at large had and have no jurisdiction over the fate of Saddam Hussein whatsoever.

posted December 29, 2006 10:40 PM            

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Saddam Hussein has received justice at the hands of his own people and he got far more justice in his trial than was ever granted under his murderous regime.

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posted December 29, 2006 10:46 PM            

There were high level meetings between Iraqi government officials and high level al-Qaeda members going back at least 10 years and continuing into at least the very late 1990s.

posted December 29, 2006 10:52 PM            

Fine, I have no problem with that.

I do have a problem with those who say the penalty was too harsh, justice was not done, he didn't get a fair trial or any of the other baloney circulating in some circles.

posted December 29, 2006 11:03 PM            

Look, Ive kind of had mixed feelings about this whole thing anyway. I don't think death was enough for Saddam, he should've rotted in prison. I'm kind of mixed about putting people to death anyways...creeps me out sometimes. But hey, I guess its what the Iraqis wanted. I just don't think this will lessen the violence going on like some people have claimed on the News today.

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There were high level meetings between Iraqi government officials and high level al-Qaeda members going back at least 10 years and continuing into at least the very late 1990s.

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posted December 29, 2006 11:27 PM            

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I do have a problem with those who say the penalty was too harsh, justice was not done, he didn't get a fair trial or any of the other baloney circulating in some circles.

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I disagree with hanging...id have no problem with lethal injection.

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Whoa, I just remembered that he is/was extremely close in age to my grandfather. Only a difference of seven days between them (April of 1937). Maybe his sun/uranus conjunction would probably explain his strong dislike for theocracy.

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Hes a Taurus Saggi, this guy i was totally curshing on for ages is a Taurus Gemini i find it very creepy (as does he when i tell him)

posted December 29, 2006 11:28 PM            

The CIA delivered a briefing to Bush which said Saddam was training al-Qaeda members inside Iraq in poisons and chemical weapons.

Further, the camp commander at one of Saddam's terrorist training camps said when he heard HOW the 9/11 hijackers had captured the planes they flew into the WTC and Pentagon, he knew they were trained at his camp because they used exactly the very same weapons and used exactly the same strategy taught there.

The 9/11 Commission made note there were connections between Saddam and al-Qaeda but no "operational" connection. In other words, Saddam was not a player in the 9/11 attacks.

Millions of documents from Saddam's regime were captured in Iraq. Some have been translated and more are in the process of translation.

The 9/11 Commission didn't have those documents to draw on and they may well have been right overall about there being no "operational" connection but there were a lot more connections, meetings, cooperation than they knew about when they finalized their report.

Time will tell exactly how deep and broad that connection actually was but it's going to take years to translate all those documents.

posted December 29, 2006 11:37 PM            

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Saddam's strong dislike for theocracy had more to do with Saddam wanting total control and power within Iraq. He wasn't about to hand over any power to the clerics.

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True, true. Control freaks often do have a God-Complex.

posted December 29, 2006 11:51 PM            

Dear God, please no more Kurds gassed and All dictatorships ceased in the name of Humanity.

Amen,

juniperb

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posted December 30, 2006 12:56 AM              

I think the whole timing of the hanging is intentional, to send a message to the Muslim world--we dont respect your Eid and we dont give a flying fiack.

Even if Saddam did kill so many Muslims that would justify people like myself or DD hating him, not JWhop. Why didnt you hate him ten years ago when he was doing the same things, yet US supported Iraq in the war against Iran? At least Ive disliked him since day one, and havent flip flopped.

And if your dislike for tyrants in general is so high why dont u try and acquit Castro or NKorea guy cant remember his name.

posted December 30, 2006 01:07 AM              

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President Bush called the execution "an important milestone" for Iraq.

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I SAY HANG BUSH ALSO FOR WAR CRIMES.

SICK PIECE OF **** .

ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME GARBAGE.

SHAME ON ALL YOU WHO EVEN AGREED WITH THIS.

DISGUSTING MOTHER ******* .

THEY SHOULD HAVE LET HIM TO ROT IN JAIL FOREVER.

I FEEL BAD FOR YOU ALL.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT JUDGMENT AWAITS YOU.

YOU DO NOT JUDGE PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A HIGHER POWER.

JUST WAIT.

posted December 30, 2006 01:59 AM              

you say the execution is wrong but then you say bush should be executed for his crimes...little hypocritical dont you think?

the way he was killed has really bothered me,
its not right, especially during eid, and being hanged? whats with that? we talk sh-t about the way the middle east is, and then we OK this?(dont act like DC has no control over what happens in the iraqi "government")... I mean, you'd think theyd try to do lethal injection or something....agh, i dont know...this doesnt sit well with me at all...
i agree bush should be given the same treatment as saddam, i think bush is worse...if not the same...bush should be on trial for war crimes...

the world makes me sick.
this is why ive been avoiding the news....

posted December 30, 2006 02:04 AM              

Hang NAZI BUSH and Cheney.

posted December 30, 2006 02:05 AM              

I hope someone kills him.

posted December 30, 2006 02:10 AM              

while were at it lets go after all the leaders of the world, like somehow the western countries are devoid of blood on their hands....

political BS.

posted December 30, 2006 02:14 AM              

I felt very sick.

I never talk to my boyfriend about political **** but I told him they hung him already and he said don't think about it.

I just get sad because I think of my father.

I pray for the day that someone kills Nazi Bush and Cheney.

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