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Posted by: okitech 2 years, 11 months agoSaddam Execution Video looks like it was done with a cellphone but it is very veiwable
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koranagirl
Dec. 31, 2006, 2:44 a.m.once again, the US teaches barbarism and misery when they invade, and this is the result--a barbaric execution that leads to a result completely opposite of what was intended. SH is not dead or in hell, by now he in the uterus of some unsuspecting woman and will be reborn. oh well, that is what everyone wanted, and that is what they will get. more pain and suffering on earth, a continuing cycle. the man was charismatic enough to rise to power, and this will continue.
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WYSIWYGReality
Dec. 31, 2006, 11:18 a.m.I didn't see any graphic content. That camera operator sucks. Anyway, like I said before ... Are we safer now? I guess terrorism is over. What are we gonna do about the other tyrants in the world who killed more people than Saddam?
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okitech
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:12 p.m.yeah didn't take long for this to hit the web....news oulets said they would not relase it.
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lowtze
Dec. 31, 2006, 5:01 a.m.Seems there is a few questions raised here: The morality of state sanctioned capital punishment or eye for eye type justice; the morality of posting it on the Web; the morality of each and every one of us desiring to watch it.
To the first I say: killing anyone no matter how evil demeans us all, the evil is not of degrees - we should all decide whether we can support killing a human being regardless of what he's done, in the abstract we might say no-way but what if its your family? To the second - film footage is acceptable as a record - every idiot with a mobile phone filming and posting it is not and thirdly, the voyeur nature of watching it reduces us and the watched to poor sad examples of our kind.
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askbill
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:32 p.m.I never thought we'd see this hit the web. I wonder what people are saying in the background.
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CaseyCannon
Dec. 31, 2006, 5:38 a.m.According to Yahoo, this is what happens when the people are yelling.....
Guard: "You have destroyed us! You have killed us! You have made us live in destitution!"
Saddam: "I have saved you from destitution and misery and destroyed your enemies, the Persian and Americans."
Guard: "Goddamn you."
Saddam: "Goddamn you."
-Saddam, smileing, taunts the guards by saying "they were not showing manhood"-
Saddam: "I testify that there is no Ilah but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. I testify that there is no Ilah but Allah, and I testify that Muhammad-"
-The floor drops when Saddam is mid way through the his second recitation of the Muslim prayer "Shahada"-
Guard: "The tyrant has fallen!"
Different Guard: "Let him swing for three minutes."
I can't fully say its credible, but its the only thing I can get thats close to a transcript or translator.
-Casey Cannon
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nonies6966
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:36 p.m.Told Hubby this morning that thanks to the age in which we live, we'd see it on the 'net within a few days even tho media stated video would not be released. Always someone around with a camera ...
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brianwiggins
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:36 p.m.that was definately fast. not the best quality, but still crazy to see. it dont look that graphic either, not to me anyway.
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Aidenag
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:33 a.m.not that graphic? a human bieng was killed and you just watched it lol... Cant believe the coverage this is getting considering anytime the "Other" side executes someone we throw a fit and say how barbaric it is that it was filmed and sent to the Media...
This bieng aired on all the news sites has to be the most hypocritical thing ive seen in years.
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okitech
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:37 p.m.thanks ck maybe next time i will post it to my website and then message you guys for a quick review and advice. good job anchors and navigators
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Msshechild
Dec. 30, 2006, 10 p.m.This is a really poor video. I didn't know it was so hard to hold up a camera phone.
Its not that gruesome--its just a black screen. I have seen worse on my tv screen watching HBO.
I can assume that some people with have theories that he is alive unless they have a more clear video. Mind you, I think he is dead and buried next to his sons--but alas we have people who think Elvis is alive. I just know that with the quickness of his execution, poor videos like these, what I have seen on al-Jazeera and quick burial, those theories might start popping up--unless of course a more clearer image is produced. It's just amazing that we got such clear pictures with his sons and Zarqawi but these are so blurred and oftentimes just a black picture.
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:28 a.m.Didn't you see that pink caddy with a fatman in a jumpsuit drive up and steal Saddam away? Look first in donut stores and truckstops...
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jerryskid1
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:50 a.m.That was Saddam's double. Saddam is at his villa in Syria watching the same thing.
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IB1028
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:46 p.m.Whatever, they should have thrown him in head first in a plastic shredder or something more befitting.
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krayzdrayzor
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:48 p.m.does anyone remember the romanian(?) dictator being shot by a firing squad? that was on U.S. national news networks.
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mr-sir
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:33 a.m.Do you recall how that went down? They put out the call for 3 volunteers (from the army) to come out for the firing squad. Instead, over 300 turned up! While they were trying to organise the situation, the troops opened fire on their own accord. The dictator and his wife (I forget their names) were both riddled beyond repair!
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syberchic28
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:50 p.m.It is so surreal to see this man in such a compromising position. As someone who does not support the death penalty my heart is torn. On one side this man was a horrific human and deserved punishment to the greatest possible end. On the other hand... I just do not know. May God bless us all and peace to Iraq.
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rodamis
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:33 p.m.I am with you on this as well. What is the difference between a "jury" who sits down and judiciously contemplates ordering death to a human vs. a mass murderer who does it in his/her own way?
There is no difference.
No one has the right to take life. Only God.
I actually prayed today to spare Saddam's life, not because I think he is innocent or deserves to be freed, but because his death is not God's way.
Also, it solves nothing, and is a sham in itself.
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mamasan
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:57 p.m.I had a long debate with myself as to watch this or not.
I did watch the video.
Crude, Barbaric.
Add another Death to the Bush list of executions.
Pres Bush as Governor of Texas put more inmates to death than any past or present Governor in the history of America.
Just add one more death to the Bush List.
Thats it.
It will solve nothing for Iraq.
What a vengeful man you are Mr. Bush..
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Twistoflex
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:08 p.m.Actually, the history will recall that a US puppet jurist appointed by a US puppet gov't conducted a trial that craftily avoided any discovery leading to the exposure of Saddam's criminal accomplices who enabled him to conduct mass murder operations. The trial did not concern itself with the mass murder, but rather less than two hundred executions, many of which were summary judgments.
In this I obviously do not argue that Saddam was not a heinous murderer, but I do argue that the trial - which saw the murder of several of his defense lawyers and the replacement of the presiding judge - as a far cry from justice. In essence, while the a priori conduct of the "trial" was to swiftboat Saddam to the gallows, it was tactically about covering up the criminal complicity of the Reagan/Bush 41 regimes and several European countries that supplied Saddam with chemical and biological weapons and the delivery systems. Beyond that was a 40 year relationship with the CIA.
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MrRed
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:39 p.m."Add another Death to the Bush list of executions.
Pres Bush as Governor of Texas put more inmates to death than any past or present Governor in the history of America.
Just add one more death to the Bush List. "
OK, I can see the stupid people have woken up. The governor of any state has nothing to do with putting people to death. They don't try, judge, convict or sentence a criminal. The only thing they can do is give a stay from execution. But to say they put criminals to death is plain stupid.
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JeroldE
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:11 p.m.THIS INDIVIDUAL OBVIOUSLY KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT THE POLITICAL/JUDICIAL PORCESS THAT PRECEEDED THIS. IF I MADE SUCH RADICAL DECISONS/STATEMENTS BEFORE KNOWING THE FACTS ABOUT MY PATIENTS, PEOPLE WOULD DIE ON A DAILY BASIS.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS...
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rodamis
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:27 p.m.Great Post mamasan!
Yes, although a Gov/Pres. has no direct control over the Judicial system, he is the "Executor", and the buck stops (and starts) with him and moreover, his will.
It is truly too bad that Saddam was executed with the backing of our (Bush's) interests. You other poster's should do some research, Bush was getting back at Saddam for the "hit" that he placed on Pa- Bush (and the rest of the family).
And the reason that he wasn't "taken out" by our troops in the hole is quite obvious.. Where would the glory be in that? Bush need to kill Saddam, not some grunt!
This was an opportunity for Bush to improve his "rating" in America, and was a card held in his back pocket to use when he needed it most.
Even Al-Malaki stated that the only people who know when Saddam will die are "GOD AND BUSH"... 'nuff said.
The Dems are getting into power on Monday. Bush needed the stroke. Wake UP!
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ElleV
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:44 p.m.Mr.Redd ----- Saddam was handed over to the Iraqi government and tried by Iraq. Bush didn't do this. Even a 12 year old knew that.
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MajJohn
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:10 a.m.Oh, for crying out loud! Stop blaming all the world's ills on Bush! As Governor he refused to commute a sentence, he was not the jury or prosecutor. You knew the video would be crude but watched it anyway. You are the hypocrite, and if not a voyeur. So get off of the soap box.
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CARLISKY
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:23 a.m.Mamasan, unless Governor Bush forced them to commit the crime that got them into deathrow in the first place, You can't say the Governor executed them. The law did. They knew the law and decide to break it. Simple as that.
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turnitupsidedown
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:51 a.m.i heard about a lynching i am looking for the lynch mob, is this the lynch mob? cant wait till my kid see's this one. i fear compassion is dead. not just here but everywhere.
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Drakethegreat
Dec. 31, 2006, 2:18 a.m.Your a Moron. As the governor of a State you don't sentence anyone to death... MORON. You have the authority to stop it. Jurys sentence people to death. Idiots like you is what make this countrys systems fail. The death penalty doesn't work because people don't see it happen and don't fear it. If you kill people you should die and they should put it on pay per view... then it would work. The uneducated like you is the problem in the world. I agree his death solved nothing but it wasn't barbaric nor crude. It's whats called justice. What a moron you are Mr. mamassan. Maybe you should learn a little about how the government in a state and country works before you critize it. I'm as guilty as you I called you a moron and that my opinion. When in fact your an idiot. Look that word up and you'll know why i called you that. It's people like you that have no idea what they are talking about when they speak that make forums like these frustrating to read.
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kctransplant
Dec. 31, 2006, 2:28 a.m.Ummmm Did Bush order or carry out the execution? Ummmm no. The Iraqui people did. Just add you comments to the long list of incredibly stupid comments made by idiotic liberals like yourself, who are willing to spin anything possible to blame Bush for everything. Maybe the next governor of Texas should just let all of the violent criminals go free because they're victims of society right?
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max77365
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:58 p.m.This a very graphic view of the Islamic law in action, unfortunately it is for anyone who is not a beliver by their rules. If you are not a Muslim, then this will be your fate also if they have their way. And they wonder
why the rest of the world is afraid of them. This could
happen in the USA if we do not stop it here and now. But
what politician has the gonads to do what needs to be done?
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insignia100
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:38 p.m.You are obviously not aware that it is still legal in a few states in America to be executed by hanging. Honesty, I thought it was quite civilized, as far as executions go.
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jerryskid1
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:46 a.m.We use lethal injection or electrocution which isn't as quick. Saddam got it easy. It was over the instant his neck snapped. The guillotine is quick but waaaaay messier.
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Lightning
Dec. 30, 2006, 9:59 p.m.I wonder why the person shooting the video could NOT keep the image in the camera??
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Neophile
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:12 p.m.Just as he begins to drop, the picture goes black. It returns shortly after.
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:48 a.m.pop the champagne!
I think you're right on here with your assessment.
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NotVulgarName
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:35 p.m.It's not a matter of Christianity vs. Islam.
It is a matter of Anything that could conceivably be good, even benign vs. Islam (Inherent Evil)..
By the way, I am not Christian or even very religious..
Just sicks of these Muslim B*st*rds!
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:50 a.m."It is a matter of Anything that could conceivably be good, even benign vs. Islam (Inherent Evil)"
That is just stupid
and ignorant
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soldiers4soldiers
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:07 p.m.I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE HUNG THE MUSLIM LIBRAL THAT WAS HOLDING THE CAMERA. WHO WAS HOLDING THE CAMERA....TED KENNEDY???? I WOULD TAKE SUDDAM OVER ANY LIB ANYTIME.
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:52 a.m."Bush did no such thing to rid the world of Libs..."
but don't worry, right...
your Big Brother Corporate Government will be fixing that soon enough with an over-bid to KBR, right?
Now, is it more cost effective to ship liberal thinkers (like Washington and Jefferson) by rail or in the backs of 18-wheelers?
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Nazaneen
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:08 p.m.Hai Allah please help us all. What has this world come to? I feel so bad for Saddam. May his soul rest in peace...And as for the bad shooting i dont think you'd want the whole world to see your death would you?
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djn3nunez3
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:24 p.m.History:
Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980-1994.
Friends in Deed: The United States and Iraq Before the Persian Gulf War
http://foi.missouri.edu/evolvingissues/iraqgate.ht
"Ancient History": U.S. Conduct in the Middle East
Since World War Il and the Folly Of Intervention
by Sheldon L. Richman
Sheldon L. Richman is senior editor at the Cato Institute.
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-159.html
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mr-sir
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:03 a.m.That's what I think. That would explain why he obviously is not looking at the view finder, (it moves up, down and sideways away from the target), and he keeps apearing to put it down at random times (it suddenly goes to the stairs or floor or blacks right out). Is he trying to hide it when someone looks at him?
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:54 a.m.Or, perhaps, when the excitement and fun happens, our dear cameraman is jostled a bit by the elbow of the celebrant next to him...
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slate
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:13 p.m.Yeah they burned em just a couple weeks shy of what 400-500 years,,,,, seems just like yesterday
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NewBlondeonCampus
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:30 p.m.This made me throw up. I know that America had nothing to do with it, and that yes he was a horrible person but geez was it neccessary to put it on the internet? In defense of the techinque of the person who shot it, I am sure they weren't supposed to be recording it so thats probably why its so shaky.
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djn3nunez3
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:36 p.m.Good, lets hope the violence stops and we can put our troops back on the trail of the real terrorist that hit us on 9-11!
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 12:57 a.m.forward to what?
their infrastructure, both politically, physically and economically is in shambles. Ah, and the depleted uranium lying about here and there...
I wonder if when the birth defects start appearing en masse we can just all smile beautifically and say say, oh, look, they're evolving, 'moving forward'...one dead fetus or defected baby at a time...amen!
Forward ho!
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deathray
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:22 p.m.Nothing o do with it?
We invaded, pulled him out of the hole, kept him in an Amercian jail in Iraq, taught the special Iraq court how to convict him at Case Wrstern, turned him over for execution.
He was guilty as hell, but to say that the US had nothing to do with it is just revisionist on your part.
Justce done, justice served. His blood is on our hands just as surely as the day is long.
Deal with it.
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NotVulgarName
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:30 p.m.You didn't feel a damn thing for the people he killed?
Speaking of the damned.. I wonder if he is enjoying the 72 virgin goats just about now.. more likely they are enjoying him..
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jag_26
Dec. 30, 2006, 10:30 p.m.mr.davidhalko...wat justice are u talking abt??...
the court was a shiite court...
and the judge was in america's pocket..
i say hang bush who is responsible for the death for more than 600,000 innocent civilians....and for the illegal war on iraq...
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djn3nunez3
Dec. 30, 2006, 11:32 p.m."...The issue became more problematic for the Reagan administration, however, in the spring and summer of 1988, when Iraq engaged in chemical attacks against Iraqi Kurds in the village of Halabja and at other locations. As early as September 2, the State Department confirmed an attack against Kurdish insurgents that had taken place on August 25, while a memorandum to the secretary of state commented that "the failure of the international community to mobilize an effective response has lowered the inhibitions on use of these weapons in the region and elsewhere." Nevertheless, the Reagan administration opposed congressional efforts to respond by imposing economic sanctions, arguing that they would be contrary to U.S. interests. Among the possible negative results cited were the endangerment of contracts for "massive postwar reconstruction" in Iraq. The administration succeeded in blocking the legislation.
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ConquerorWyrm
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:01 a.m."Using chemical weapons against your own people based upon ethnicity or religion is referred to as genocide"
Can you say "Hey! Hurray! Let's all hear for Tuskeegee today!"
...just for starters...
you know, syphillis...
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