Saddam sentenced to death

[Art Sandusky 0]

Yeah, that beehive looks sorta dangerous but let's whack it with a stick anyway.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Hey, it's already worked with Kaddafi in Libya.

[Art Sandusky 0]

That was in 1986. It's a vastly different world now.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

No, I'm talking about how Libya gave up their nuclear arms program a couple years ago, due mainly to the Iraq invasion.

[EricMM 0]

Yes, Khaddafi definitely realized that the US could take out his government the way we took out Iraqs.

 

However, I don't think generic insurgants will be the same, they're not figureheads. They're not targetable, specifically.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

You're probably right. However, I don't think it would hurt anything to televise the hanging, and then mutilate and burn his body, either.

[Guest Hotbutter Spoontoaster]

I don't think it would hurt anything to televise the hanging, and then mutilate and burn his body, either.

what the fuck. sicko.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Was it something I said?

[Guest Hotbutter Spoontoaster]

obviously, genius.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

Yes, let us pretend we are better than them by acting exactly as they do! Wooo hoo!

[Guest Felonies!]

I don't know where else to ask you, but where do you find your shitty shitty shitty graphics?

[Hasbeen1 0]

Yes, let us pretend we are better than them by acting exactly as they do! Wooo hoo!

 

 

Violence and intimidation are the only things some of them understand.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

You're probably right. However, I don't think it would hurt anything to televise the hanging, and then mutilate and burn his body, either.

 

I3K can buttrape the dictator's cadaver live on PPV!

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

I don't know where else to ask you, but where do you find your shitty shitty shitty graphics?

Why do you give a shit shit shit?

[Guest Felonies!]

See, now that was funnier than your last ten Goofy Internet GIFs.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

You're probably right. However, I don't think it would hurt anything to televise the hanging, and then mutilate and burn his body, either.

 

I3K can buttrape the dictator's cadaver live on PPV!

 

Please save your perverted fantasies for the LS&D folder.

[snuffbox 0]

The reason we need a Great Wall is to keep the Mexicans away from Invader's sick Wisco tendencies.

[CheesalaIsGood 0]

I still love my crappy unfunny internet gifs.

 

 

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

You're probably right. However, I don't think it would hurt anything to televise the hanging, and then mutilate and burn his body, either.

 

I3K can buttrape the dictator's cadaver live on PPV!

 

Please save your perverted fantasies for the LS&D folder.

 

http://ohsnap.ytmnd.com/

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Iraqi appeals court upholds Hussein death sentence

 

 

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi High Tribunal's appellate chamber on Tuesday upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence in the Dujail massacre case, Judge Aref Shaheen announced.

 

Shaheen said the court's decision was the final word in the case.

 

The toppled Iraqi dictator's execution must take place before January 27, Shaheen said. Iraqi law requires a death sentence to be carried out within 30 days.

 

On November 5, Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the 1982 killings of 148 people in Dujail, a mostly Shiite town north of Baghdad. Hussein's attorneys appealed, and the appellate chamber began reviewing the case December 5.

 

Hussein's chief defense attorney, Khalil al-Dulaimi, said he had heard about the decision, but said it came from "an illegitimate and unconstitutional court." (Watch to see why many consider the trial flawed)

 

"We are not surprised by this crazy ruling," al-Dulaimi said.

 

The lawyer, speaking from Amman, Jordan, said three other members of the defense team met with Hussein on Tuesday before the decision was announced and described him as being in high spirits.

 

Under international law, most governments have the power to stay any executions, but Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has said his government would not do so in Hussein's case.

 

The White House released a statement praising the court's decision.

 

"Today marks a milestone for the Iraqi people's efforts to replace the rule of a tyrant with the rule of law," said Scott Stanzel, deputy White House press secretary.

 

"We look forward to seeing the written judgment. Saddam has received due process and the legal rights that he denied the Iraqi people."

 

Hussein and two co-defendants -- his half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Hassan, and Awad Bandar, former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court -- were found guilty in the killings in Dujail after an attempt to assassinate the then-Iraqi leader.

 

Hussein and others are being tried in another case -- the killings of up to 100,000 Kurds during the 1988 Anfal campaign against Kurdish rebels, which included the use of poison gas against Kurdish towns in northern Iraq.

 

However, Shaheen said Hussein's involvement in that case would cease with his execution.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/26/...main/index.html

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Sounds like they actually are considering televising it.

[Gary Floyd 0]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4429696.html

 

Saddam urges Iraqis to seek coexistence

 

 

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press Writer

© 2006 The Associated Press

 

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A-P correspondent Christopher Torchia (TOHR'-shuh) reports the letter makes reference to former U-S Christopher Torchia (TOHR'-shuh), A-P correspondent. A-P correspondent Christopher Torchia (TOHR'-shuh) reports the letter makes reference to former U-S attorney Ramsey Clark, who at one point was on Saddam's defense team. Video Report BAGHDAD, Iraq — Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to embrace "brotherly coexistence" and not to hate U.S.-led foreign troops in a goodbye letter posted on a Web site Wednesday, a day after Iraq's highest court upheld his death sentence and ordered him hanged within 30 days.

 

A top government official, meanwhile, said Saddam's execution could proceed without the approval of Iraq's president, meaning there were no more legal obstacles to sending the deposed dictator to the gallows.

 

One of Saddam's attorneys, Issam Ghazzawi, confirmed to The Associated Press in Jordan that the Internet letter was authentic, saying it was written by Saddam on Nov. 5 _ the day he was convicted by an Iraqi tribunal for ordering the 1982 killings of 148 Shiite Muslims in Dujail.

 

"I call on you not to hate because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking," said the letter, which was written in Arabic and translated by the AP.

 

"I also call on you not to hate the people of the other countries that attacked us," it added, referring to the invasion that toppled his regime nearly four years ago.

 

Against the backdrop of sectarian killings that have dragged Sunni Arabs and Shiite Muslims into civil warfare over the past year, Saddam urged his countrymen to "remember that God has enabled you to become an example of love, forgiveness and brotherly coexistence."

 

But he also voiced support for the Sunni Arab-dominated insurgency, saying: "Long live jihad and the mujahedeen." He urged Iraqis to be patient and rely on God's help in fighting "against the unjust nations."

 

Saddam said he was giving his life for his country as part of that struggle. "Here, I offer my soul to God as a sacrifice, and if he wants, he will send it to heaven with the martyrs," he said.

 

Despite his calls for conciliation among Iraqis, Saddam's legacy is brutal. He put suspected foes to death without trial, oppressed Kurds and Shiites, waged war on Iran and twice fought U.S.-led armies. He left an impoverished nation now gripped by sectarian bloodshed and an insurgency against the U.S. presence.

 

Violence struck Baghdad again Wednesday, with a car bomb killing eight civilians and wounding 10 near an Iraqi army checkpoint. Four more civilians died in a mortar attack in a Shiite neighborhood, and police found the bodies of 51 apparent victims of sectarian killings.

 

Questions had arisen about whether the appeals court's ruling needed to be approved by the Iraqi presidency, which customarily signs off on death sentences.

 

Busho Ibrahim, deputy justice minister, said it wasn't necessary. "According to the legal provisions of the court, there is no need for the approval of the presidency," he said.

 

A spokesman for President Jalal Talabani acknowledged the legal argument that the execution could go ahead without ratification by the president, who has expressed opposition to the death penalty.

 

"Some people believe there is no need for his approval," spokesman Hiwa Osman said. "We still have to hear from the court as to how the procedure can be carried out."

 

An official from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa Party, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said that "the government wants Saddam executed as soon as possible."

 

Another official close to al-Maliki, who also refused to be quoted by name, said the execution would take place before the end of the 30-day period.

 

Saddam will remain in a U.S. military prison near the airport, Camp Cropper, until the day of the execution, at which point he will be handed over to Iraqi authorities, the official said.

 

Ghazzawi, the defense lawyer, said the letter by Saddam was released Tuesday and published Wednesday on the Web site of Saddam's former Baath Party.

 

The deposed leader said he was writing the letter because his lawyers had told him the Iraqi High Tribunal that tried his case would give him an opportunity to say a final word.

 

"But that court and its chief judge did not give us the chance to say a word, and issued its verdict without explanation and read out the sentence _ dictated by the invaders _ without presenting the evidence," Saddam wrote.

 

"Dear faithful people," he added, "I say goodbye to you, but I will be with the merciful God who helps those who take refuge in him and who will never disappoint any honest believer."

 

Some Saddam loyalists threatened to retaliate if he is executed, warning in a posting on the same Web site that they would target U.S. interests.

 

"The Baath and the resistance are determined to retaliate, with all means and everywhere, to harm America and its interests if it commits this crime," the statement said, referring to Baath fighters as "the resistance."

 

The Baath Party was disbanded after U.S.-led forces overthrew Saddam in 2003. The Web site is believed to be run from Yemen, where a number of exiled members of the party are based.

 

The appeals court also affirmed death sentences for two of Saddam's co-defendants, including his half brother. It ruled life imprisonment for a third was too lenient and demanded the lower court also sentence him to death.

 

Some Iraqis said Saddam should be hanged immediately, but others feared Iraq's bloodletting could escalate if the former dictator is executed at a time when sectarian attacks are already on the rise.

 

"Executing him now is dangerous. The situation is very bad. Things need to be calmer," said Saadia Mohamed Majed, a 60-year-old Shiite in Baghdad who wants the penalty to be postponed for at least three years.

 

Saddam is in the midst of another trial, charged with genocide and other crimes during a 1987-88 military crackdown on Kurds in northern Iraq. An estimated 180,000 Kurds died during the operation. That trial was adjourned until Jan. 8, but experts have said the trial of Saddam's co-defendants is likely to continue even if he is executed.

 

The U.S. command reported three American military deaths Wednesday, bringing the U.S. death toll for December to 93 in one of the bloodiest months for U.S. troops this year. Some 105 soldiers and Marines were killed in October, according to an AP count.

 

"This has been a difficult month for coalition forces, and the month is not over yet," a military spokesman, Maj. Gen. William Caldwell, said.

 

Two Latvian soldiers were also killed and three were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded under their Humvee, the Latvian Defense Ministry said. It was unclear where the incident took place, but Latvia has about 130 soldiers serving in Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad.

 

A top aide to the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed in a raid by U.S. troops Wednesday in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, an Iraqi lawmaker said.

 

The U.S. military said the death occurred during a joint operation by American and Iraqi troops. It described the man, Sahib al-Amiri, as a criminal involved in the use of roadside bombs.

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Questions had arisen about whether the appeals court's ruling needed to be approved by the Iraqi presidency, which customarily signs off on death sentences.

 

Busho Ibrahim, deputy justice minister, said it wasn't necessary. "According to the legal provisions of the court, there is no need for the approval of the presidency," he said.

 

A spokesman for President Jalal Talabani acknowledged the legal argument that the execution could go ahead without ratification by the president, who has expressed opposition to the death penalty.

 

"Some people believe there is no need for his approval," spokesman Hiwa Osman said. "We still have to hear from the court as to how the procedure can be carried out."

 

I've found parts of this appeals verdict somewhat disturbing. Not the fact that Saddam will be executed, he was guilty and the sentence was inevitable, but the whole time frame. 30 days and the verdict can apparantley not be overturned?! Your going to get a lot of miscarriges of justice out of this in the future I would think, and of course by the time thats found out the defendants pushing up dasies.

[2GOLD 0]

Something tells me Saddam is getting the special review of the law. He'll be part of the "first time, getting the bugs worked out" court system. Namely they just want him dead and buried so they can move on without the believe he'll rise again.

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Questions had arisen about whether the appeals court's ruling needed to be approved by the Iraqi presidency, which customarily signs off on death sentences.

 

Busho Ibrahim, deputy justice minister, said it wasn't necessary. "According to the legal provisions of the court, there is no need for the approval of the presidency," he said.

 

A spokesman for President Jalal Talabani acknowledged the legal argument that the execution could go ahead without ratification by the president, who has expressed opposition to the death penalty.

 

"Some people believe there is no need for his approval," spokesman Hiwa Osman said. "We still have to hear from the court as to how the procedure can be carried out."

 

I've found parts of this appeals verdict somewhat disturbing. Not the fact that Saddam will be executed, he was guilty and the sentence was inevitable, but the whole time frame. 30 days and the verdict can apparantley not be overturned?! Your going to get a lot of miscarriges of justice out of this in the future I would think, and of course by the time thats found out the defendants pushing up dasies.

 

Would you prefer it be like American capital punishment where someone gets the death penalty and then spends the next decade or so waiting on death row?

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Questions had arisen about whether the appeals court's ruling needed to be approved by the Iraqi presidency, which customarily signs off on death sentences.

 

Busho Ibrahim, deputy justice minister, said it wasn't necessary. "According to the legal provisions of the court, there is no need for the approval of the presidency," he said.

 

A spokesman for President Jalal Talabani acknowledged the legal argument that the execution could go ahead without ratification by the president, who has expressed opposition to the death penalty.

 

"Some people believe there is no need for his approval," spokesman Hiwa Osman said. "We still have to hear from the court as to how the procedure can be carried out."

 

I've found parts of this appeals verdict somewhat disturbing. Not the fact that Saddam will be executed, he was guilty and the sentence was inevitable, but the whole time frame. 30 days and the verdict can apparantley not be overturned?! Your going to get a lot of miscarriges of justice out of this in the future I would think, and of course by the time thats found out the defendants pushing up dasies.

 

Would you prefer it be like American capital punishment where someone gets the death penalty and then spends the next decade or so waiting on death row?

If it rights the wrong done to an innocent person then yes. But I'm not really speaking about Saddam.

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MSN.com is saying he's got less than 48 hours till death.

[2GOLD 0]

MSN.com is saying he's got less than 48 hours till death.

 

Won't even see 2007....bummer.

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The article from MSN:

 

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday, NBC News reported Thursday. According to a U.S. military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, Saddam will be hanged before the start of the Eid religious holiday, which begins at sundown Saturday.The hanging could take place as early as Friday, NBC’s Richard Engel reported.

 

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.

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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.