Benji Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 Saddam Hussein sentenced to hangBy Mussab Al-Khairalla BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced toppled leader Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for crimes against humanity. The ousted president, visibly shaken, shouted out "Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!". The Iraqi High Tribunal also handed down death sentences to former revolutionary chief judge Awad Hamed al-Bander and Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti. Former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was sentenced to life in prison. The charges stemmed from the killing of 148 Shi'ite men in Dujail after an assassination attempt against Saddam in 1982. A death sentence or life imprisonment generates an automatic appeal, delaying any execution by months at least. Saddam has said he wants to face a military firing squad, not the hangman. So, is this what he deserves, or is it too easy? Should he have just been allowed to rot in a cell for years on end? Personally i think it's the only just answer, although i'd reject his claim to be shot by a firing squad, he deserves no such formal military finale. So long as the people on the Appeal Court aren't the same members of the Italien Bung Inquiry it will stand. I find it strange how Britain is supporting it when we're so against capital punishment. Surely it's one or the other, as soon as you go making exceptions, where does it end?
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 Here we go... Personally I think it's stupid. The yanks will love it, his supporters will tear up the country some more, and there's no moral or evolutionary highground by resorting to the same barbaric methods that he used on others.
Leonisco Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 I just think the sooner he's wiped off the face of this Earth, the better.
davieG Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 So, is this what he deserves, or is it too easy? Should he have just been allowed to rot in a cell for years on end? Personally i think it's the only just answer, although i'd reject his claim to be shot by a firing squad, he deserves no such formal military finale. So long as the people on the Appeal Court aren't the same members of the Italien Bung Inquiry it will stand. I find it strange how Britain is supporting it when we're so against capital punishment. Surely it's one or the other, as soon as you go making exceptions, where does it end? Somehow I doubt he'll ever hang, I can see him commiting sucide, which would be quite convenient however it was "managed". Either way his death or existence will continue to act as an excuse for further viloence.
Leonisco Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 Somehow I doubt he'll ever hang, I can see him commiting sucide, which would be quite convenient however it was "managed". Either way his death or existence will continue to act as an excuse for further viloence. I think that would be the best case scenario. If he commits suicide, that'll show what a coward he really is and hopefully prevent his supporters from viewing him as a 'martyr'.
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 I think that would be the best case scenario. If he commits suicide, that'll show what a coward he really is and hopefully prevent his supporters from viewing him as a 'martyr'. Depends how strong he is... you could sort of see it going both ways, either he won't tolerate the yanks getting the final say, or he will just to prove a point and send his supporters nuts! Before I wouldn't have second guessed his resilience, but he hasn't been the same after he was knocked from his pedestal.
davieG Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 I was suggesting that maybe a potential suicide might be 'managed'.
Benji Posted 5 November 2006 Author Posted 5 November 2006 I think that would be the best case scenario. If he commits suicide, that'll show what a coward he really is and hopefully prevent his supporters from viewing him as a 'martyr'. Or act as a sign that they are stronger than us ''infadels'' and even a high maintenance prisoner lik saddam can manage to 'kill himself'. There really is no end to all of this, but generally speaking with regards to what should happen to saddam, i can't really see any other result. It's still MONTHS away either way.
DanTheFoxBhoy Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 I was suggesting that maybe a potential suicide might be 'managed'. I daresay someone important somewhere is thinking the same thing as we speak
Benji Posted 5 November 2006 Author Posted 5 November 2006 I daresay someone important somewhere is thinking the same thing as we speak
Maybes Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 About bloody time n all. I think its the right decision for a sick man.
Benji Posted 5 November 2006 Author Posted 5 November 2006 You reckon that's something he'd do? Wel.... not with his own hands?
Jay Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 So Saddam gets a death sentance for ordering the killing of 148 of his own countrymen yet this war criminal who is responsible for the death (so far) of 3141 innocent American soldiers fighting a war without reason still remains in office!! faces of the fallen
Thracian Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 So Saddam gets a death sentance for ordering the killing of 148 of his own countrymen yet this war criminal who is responsible for the death (so far) of 3141 innocent American soldiers fighting a war without reason still remains in office!! faces of the fallen And Christian Tony's tally? And where has it all led? It still surprises me that Saddam was ever brought to justice but I wouldn't ever execute anyone. If you believe in the Commandment Thou Shalt Not Kill, and accept that this means other people rather than the act of hunting for food, I just don't see how there can be any ambiguity about it. It doesn't say Thou Shalt Not Kill apart from when it's convenient or apart from when someone upsets you. I would find some way of leaving his survival up to the God he supposedly believes in.
Manwell Pablo Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 will it be shown live on tv? Possibly actually John, they did show a excuition of some Russian or Eastern european bigwig not to long ago began with Ch or something like that, he was shot I think. However I'm with Mr Gibson, I think he will probabley be "persuaded" to commit suicide.
cisono Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 So, is this what he deserves, or is it too easy? Should he have just been allowed to rot in a cell for years on end? Personally i think it's the only just answer, although i'd reject his claim to be shot by a firing squad, he deserves no such formal military finale. So long as the people on the Appeal Court aren't the same members of the Italien Bung Inquiry it will stand. I find it strange how Britain is supporting it when we're so against capital punishment. Surely it's one or the other, as soon as you go making exceptions, where does it end? It is just an empty, political decision. I also doubt that it will be carried out...
Katy Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 Gas Chamber, then he'd know what it was like. It's just going to kick off a load of shit again. It's a no win situation, he must be punished for it though.
l444ry Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 So Saddam gets a death sentance for ordering the killing of 148 of his own countrymen yet this war criminal who is responsible for the death (so far) of 3141 innocent American soldiers fighting a war without reason still remains in office!! faces of the fallen I did, and do not, support this stupid war on Iraq. But Saddam didn't kill just 148 people. He is the biggest mass murderer of Muslims living on this planet today.
filbertway Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 Should be tortured, everyone loves a bit of torture.
Guest Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 Should be tortured, everyone loves a bit of torture. No, he should be left to rot in a 6ft x 6ft room.
lcfcalan Posted 5 November 2006 Posted 5 November 2006 The final act , the very last thing we all do in this world is die. His death , if by lawfull decree , would IMO , be a good thing. (actually, if unlawfull , not too bad a thing. ) But his death , announced as punishment for his terrible crimes against his own kind, must have a profound affect on the people he leaves behind. It is a powerfull message to those who continue to 'fight' in his name. And also a closure for those who fear his continued influence. And maybe , just maybe, our friends /sons /daughters /, of this land can come home for some rest from trying to sort out a mess that we could have done without getting caught up in . The evil bastard is now looking at his comeuppence, I support the Hanging verdict.
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