theintensifier 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Best decision made in the World in some time now. Good ridance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted December 29, 2006 Saddam continues his evilness until his dying days by screwing up thousands of death pools! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wyld Cannon 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 The U.S. military received a formal request from the Iraqi government to transfer Saddam to Iraqi authorities, NBC reported on Thursday, which is one of the final steps required before his execution. His sentence, handed down last month, ordered that he be hanged within 30 days. Oh man I hope this doesn't turn out to be a double cross and America Tom Cruise is left looking up from the bridge as Saddam Seymour Hoffman gets away in a chopper, looking at as menacingly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scroby 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2006 I think a hanging is appropriate for Saddam. But really, we should just have Slappy Squirrel shoved dynomite down his pants. It worked great in Animaniacs. I'd buy a ticket. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaxxson Mayhem 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 It's happening tonight before 10 PM EST. Official: Saddam to be executed tonight By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers1 hour, 7 minutes ago The official witnesses to Saddam Hussein's impending execution gathered Friday in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in final preparation for his hanging, as state television broadcast footage of his regime's atrocities. With U.S. forces on high alert for a surge in violence, the Iraqi government readied all the necessary documents, including a "red card" — an execution order introduced during Saddam's dictatorship. As the hour of his death approached, Saddam received two of his half brothers in his cell on Thursday and was said to have given them his personal belongings and a copy of his will. Najeeb al-Nueimi, a member of Saddam's legal team in Doha, Qatar, said he too requested a final meeting with the deposed Iraqi leader. "His daughter in Amman was crying, she said 'Take me with you,'" al-Nueimi said late Friday. But he said their request was rejected. An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday EST. Also to be hanged at that time were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, the adviser said. The time was agreed upon during a meeting Friday between U.S. and Iraqi officials, said the adviser, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media. "Saddam will be handed over shortly before the execution," the official said. The physical transfer of Saddam from U.S. to Iraqi authorities was believed to be one of the last steps before he was to be hanged. Saddam has been in U.S. custody since he was captured in December 2003. Al-Nueimi said U.S. authorities were maintaining physical custody of Saddam to prevent him from being humiliated before his execution. He said the Americans also want to prevent the mutilation of his corpse, as has happened to other deposed Iraqi leaders. "The Americans want him to be hanged respectfully," al-Nueimi said. If Saddam is humiliated publicly or his corpse ill-treated "that could cause an uprising and the Americans would be blamed," he said. Munir Haddad, a judge on the appeals court that upheld Saddam's death sentence, said he was ready to attend the hanging and that all the paperwork was in order, including the red card. "All the measures have been done," Haddad said. "There is no reason for delays." As American and Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to set the hour of his death, Saddam's lawyers asked a U.S. judge for a stay of execution. Saddam's lawyers issued a statement Friday calling on "everybody to do everything to stop this unfair execution." The statement also said the former president had been transferred from U.S. custody, though American and Iraqi officials later denied that. Al-Maliki said opposing Saddam's execution was an insult to his victims. His office said he made the remarks in a meeting with families of people who died during Saddam's rule. "Our respect for human rights requires us to execute him, and there will be no review or delay in carrying out the sentence," al-Maliki said. State television ran footage of the Saddam era's atrocities, including images of uniformed men placing a bomb next to a youth's chest and blowing him up in what looked like a desert, and handcuffed men being thrown from a high building. About 10 people registered to attend the hanging gathered in the Green Zone before they were to go to the execution site, the Iraqi official said. Those cleared to attend the execution included a Muslim cleric, lawmakers, senior officials and relatives of victims of Saddam's brutal rule, the official said. He did not disclose the location of the gallows. Raed Juhi, spokesman for the High Tribunal court that convicted Saddam, said documents related to the execution would be read to Saddam before the execution. The documents included the red card, al-Maliki's signed approval of the sentence and the appeal court's decision. On Thursday, two half brothers visited Saddam in his cell, a member of the former dictator's defense team, Badee Izzat Aref, told The Associated Press by telephone from the United Arab Emirates. He said the former dictator handed them his personal belongings. A senior official at the Iraqi defense ministry also confirmed the meeting and said Saddam gave his will to one of his half brothers. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Saddam's lawyers later issued a statement saying the Americans gave permission for his belongings to be retrieved. An Iraqi appeals court upheld Saddam's death sentence Tuesday for the killing of 148 people who were detained after an attempt to assassinate him in the northern Iraqi city of Dujail in 1982. The court said the hanging should take place within 30 days. There had been disagreements among Iraqi officials in recent days as to whether Iraqi law dictates the execution must take place within 30 days and whether President Jalal Talabani and his two deputies had to approve it. In his Friday sermon, a mosque preacher in the Shiite holy city of Najaf called Saddam's execution "God's gift to Iraqis." "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." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 So how long will it be before pics of Saddam's lifeless, hanging corpse show up on the internet after he is executed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 It's happening tonight before 10 PM EST. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darthtiki 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Oh great...he's back again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toshiaki Koala 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Looks like he'll be swinging within the next five minutes. The only sad part is that I'll probably have to add Beverly Cleary to my death pool in place of Saddam. If anyone deserves to live to 120, it's her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Downhome 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 E's passed on! This Saddam is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! HE IS AN EX-SADDAM!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 I cant wait for the reports of troops getting blown up in retaliation for his execution. I wish they just would have given him life in prison cell somewhere in Siberia or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conspiracy_Victim 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 "C'mon guy! I told you I'd be back! Now who's my creampuff?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Where's he gonna go? Detroit? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 On the CNN website. "Game over, man! Game over!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Glad to see him gone. As for the aftermath, fuck retaliation strikes (which really I'm not expecting too much of), I have high expectations of the YTMND community to use this event to entertain me. Don't let me down YTMND! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toshiaki Koala 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 On the CNN website. "Game over, man! Game over!" Fox News' take is much more classy, IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 +1 on the troop deaths already... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 "C'mon guy! I told you I'd be back! Now who's my creampuff?" Come to think of it, that show really is an omen here. He's actually dead. I don't believe it. I knew it was going to happen, and I have no problem with his death, but...damn. I'm sure he'll be missed by...oh, who the fuck am I kidding? So, in memorium Play that rock lead guitar Rock it like a magikist Rock and roll is the joyride music Whip that snow leopard's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Play that Westone guitar Rock it to the break of dawn Rock in on the mic in front of 50,000 people Rock the jam session on Saddam Hussein Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Play the rock solo as hard as you can Make the crowd roar like a tidal wave Rock the jam session on a good free will Whip the hell out of that snow leopard's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass Rock Saddam Hussein's ass TCBY, it's the country's best yogurt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 I fell asleep watching the Champs Sports Bowl and woke up at the same time he was executed, according to the reports. Weird. I'd love to see the cover of the New York Post tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Ah, why not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timmy8271 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 I'm surprised Bush isn't dancing in the streets in Crawford. He got the job done. Mission Accomplished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Ah, why not? For a second there when I saw it was a youtube link I thought it was the actual hanging. I can't watch that video without thinking of Beavis and Butthead watching it. GWAR GWAR GWAR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaxxson Mayhem 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Just.... wow.............. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jaxxson Mayhem 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Damn................ I didn't think there could be one colder than that one, but that shitty town known as philadelphia has done it again... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zorin Industries 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 I think the medias pissed that he actually went out in a somewhat dignified manner, would have been a better story for them if he had broken down on the gallows, probably better for Bush as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheFranchise 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Having seen footage of it, they don't seem to be very interested in stalling, I think it's a 'let's get this done before someone turns up' backyard thing. Clips are flying around the Internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 http://sodarninsane.ytmnd.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricMM 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Faboo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CheesalaIsGood 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 Well I certainly feel so much safer NOW! More Ovaltine please! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k thx 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2006 I can't help feeling killing him now will cause more trouble than it's worth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites