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Blasphemy · Dec 29, 2006, 12:16 AM

OK, let's hear it.

Is Saddam going to be hanged before seeing 2007?

Ref FOXNews.com - Saddam Likely to Be Hanged Before New Year, U.S. Military Officials Say - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

Kerrigan · Dec 29, 2006, 12:48 AM

This belongs in the political/war lounge.

Atomic Rooster · Dec 29, 2006, 12:53 AM

marden, cut it out!

Rumor · Dec 29, 2006, 02:13 AM

See here: http://forums.macnn.com/95/political...erdict-upheld/

Blasphemy · Dec 29, 2006, 11:40 AM

yeah but this is the first poll

Kerrigan · Dec 29, 2006, 04:27 PM

Apparently he could be hanged before the end of today.

The Godfather · Dec 29, 2006, 05:39 PM

Will there be a live satellite feed or live Quicktime stream?

Sherman Homan · Dec 29, 2006, 06:30 PM

Football on the telly, beer in the belly, Saddam on YouTube!
Happy New Year!

Blasphemy · Dec 29, 2006, 09:25 PM

Fox news says he may be hanged within hours.

Rumor · Dec 29, 2006, 10:06 PM

They have to do it soon. I heard on NPR that some type of holiday is coming up and there is a law about executing someone during a holiday that they celebrate.

imitchellg5 · Dec 29, 2006, 10:08 PM

Saddam sux0rz1111100011

ebuddy · Dec 29, 2006, 10:09 PM

Dawn. Saddam hangs at dawn.

Blasphemy · Dec 29, 2006, 10:09 PM

Indeed! Saddam is teh uber suX0r

imitchellg5 · Dec 29, 2006, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Blasphemy

Indeed! Saddam is teh uber suX0r

OMFGWTF SADDAM SUXORZ FROM A HANGOR111100000000. d00dz!

brokecollegestudentF04 · Dec 29, 2006, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Blasphemy

Indeed! Saddam is teh uber suX0r

Less than an hour to go.... till his unfortunate demise.. in his case I hope its not quick.. i hope he suffers

imitchellg5 · Dec 29, 2006, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

Less than an hour to go.... till his unfortunate demise.. in his case I hope its not quick.. i hope he suffers

Unfortunate for him maybe, but nobody else.

Rumor · Dec 29, 2006, 10:15 PM

Too bad it's not a beheading.

imitchellg5 · Dec 29, 2006, 10:21 PM

I just got a wunnerful idea: let's kill him the true American way: run him over in a Hummer until he's paste!

Rumor · Dec 29, 2006, 10:26 PM

Wouldn't that be feed him McDonalds until he is grossly overweight, then pay him disability until he dies of a heart attack?

imitchellg5 · Dec 29, 2006, 10:29 PM

Oh yeah and get ran over in the Mc Donald's parking lot.

Gossamer · Dec 29, 2006, 11:23 PM

I just heard he's gone, but I can't find confirmation. Anyone have a news story?

James L · Dec 29, 2006, 11:25 PM

CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News

Saddam's gone, if you believe CNN.

Kerrigan · Dec 29, 2006, 11:26 PM

And the BBC

RIP Saddam

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam Hussein 'executed in Iraq'

Doofy · Dec 30, 2006, 12:07 AM

Nope, still don't support the death penalty - not even for Saddam.

I could have had loads of fun chaining him up in my shed and nipping out to beat the crap out of him when I get bored of wine, women and song.

imitchellg5 · Dec 30, 2006, 12:08 AM

Yo yooo ess in da hauz. Vee just dropped saddam like he was hawt!

brokecollegestudentF04 · Dec 30, 2006, 12:09 AM

Death Has once again happened in this world... I hope he was praising allah or whatever god he believes in for forgiveness for what he did.. then again I dont think any god could forgive him of his crimes

moonmonkey · Dec 30, 2006, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Nope, still don't support the death penalty - not even for Saddam.

I agree, it seems a bit hypocritical to kill someone for killing people.

ironknee · Dec 30, 2006, 12:15 AM

feel that? ahhhh i feel safer!

why does this feel wrong? yeah yea he was a bad guy...but this feels like a sham

imitchellg5 · Dec 30, 2006, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by moonmonkey

I agree too, it seems a bit hypocritical to kill someone for killing people.

How could you let that monster live?

Doofy · Dec 30, 2006, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by ironknee

why does this feel wrong? yeah yea he was a bad guy...but this feels like a sham

Nail on head. It feels wrong somehow.

brokecollegestudentF04 · Dec 30, 2006, 12:23 AM

He deserved to die... plain and simple.. the arabs in dearborn are celebrating like mad down there.

Kerrigan · Dec 30, 2006, 12:24 AM

It feels wrong for a number of reasons. Saddam is being executed for suppressing possible factional violence, which is what the US troops are having to do now.

Of course he took it way to far, but still...

turtle777 · Dec 30, 2006, 12:51 AM

Ding dong the witch is dead...

-t

brokecollegestudentF04 · Dec 30, 2006, 12:54 AM

Saddam was like Hitler of germany.. countless innocent lives slaughtered because of him.. He should be hung and brought to life again and hung a million times more..

Dakar² · 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Nail on head. It feels wrong somehow.

I've been thinking this too. But I need to reflect and figure out why.

I think I feel like we just put down a dog for barking too loud.

Edit: This metaphor feels incomplete. Old toothless dog? Dog that used to bite? I dunno...

besson3c · Dec 30, 2006, 01:02 AM

I really doubt it that Saddam will be hung before the new year. It just seems highly improbable that the timing will work out this way.

Anybody care to place a bet with me? Heheh... you'd be a fool to do so, but sometimes it's fun being right!

smacintush · Dec 30, 2006, 01:08 AM

Maybe it feels wrong because you are so far removed from all of the things he has done.

I think that feelings are not given enough credit in America. It seems that if we react because of our feelings we are put down as a tree-hugger, liberal etc. That being said, it is just as wrong to pay too much attention to our feelings as it is to ignore them.

There are a lot of wrong and evil things that go on in this world. Executing someone who has done so much evil to SO MANY people sure seems like one of the "lesser" evils to me. You don't have to like it to support it.

besson3c · 01:25 AM

Just found this picture somewhere:

Doesn't Saddam look like that Thompson guy from Tintin comics?

Doofy · Dec 30, 2006, 01:24 AM

A little late night reflection has me at: He wasn't broken enough. We should have broken him. We should have had him at the point where he was begging to be forgiven for his crimes. And then kept him that way.

Kerrigan · Dec 30, 2006, 01:26 AM

the hanging scene

besson3c · Dec 30, 2006, 01:30 AM

The resemblance is uncanny:

Thompson and Thompson from Tintin:

Saddam:

olePigeon · Dec 30, 2006, 01:58 AM

Originally Posted by brokecollegestudentF04

Saddam was like Hitler of germany.. countless innocent lives slaughtered because of him.. He should be hung and brought to life again and hung a million times more..

Not quite. Saddam was responsible for thousands, Hitler was responsible for millions.

Apparently he was just killed, so I guess I was wrong. I didn't think they'd do it.

centerchannel68 · Dec 30, 2006, 03:05 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Nail on head. It feels wrong somehow.

Have you even HEARD what he allowed his sons to do? They'd go joyriding, pull some girl off the street, rape her, gangbang her, then shoot her.

Real cute.

ironknee · Dec 30, 2006, 03:21 AM

still feels wrong...i mean why so fast? the title of this thread is an example

why not wait 10 years, have him get ass raped a few thousand times...and so on

so, does this make you feel safer now?

moonmonkey · Dec 30, 2006, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

How could you let that monster live?

Maybe thats what Sadam was thinking when he ordered all those executions.

I think we should draw the line and start acting like civilized people, hanging people from ropes until they die is hardly setting an example to the developing world.

Stick the bastard in solitary for the rest of his life, I'm sure he can pay the bill.

moonmonkey · Dec 30, 2006, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

Have you even HEARD what he allowed his sons to do? They'd go joyriding, pull some girl off the street, rape her, gangbang her, then shoot her.

Real cute.

The Germans made lampshades out of Jewish skin too!
All sounds like Bill O'Reilly bullshit.

TETENAL · Dec 30, 2006, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by ironknee

still feels wrong...i mean why so fast? the title of this thread is an example

why not wait 10 years [nonsense deleted]?

In Iraq it is illegal to execute someone above the age of 70. There was not much more time to execute him.

All his crimes should have been processed in court. His victims would have deserved it. If that means he could not have been executed any more, then so be it. Setting an example of civilisation and rule of law is more important.

Doofy · Dec 30, 2006, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

Have you even HEARD what he allowed his sons to do? They'd go joyriding, pull some girl off the street, rape her, gangbang her, then shoot her.

Real cute.

Yes, I'm aware of his (and his family's) crimes. That's why I'd have come up with something more inventive than hanging.

imitchellg5 · Dec 30, 2006, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by ironknee

feel that? ahhhh i feel safer!

why does this feel wrong? yeah yea he was a bad guy...but this feels like a sham

It feels perfectly right. He almost killed my dad ( indirectly) quite a few times in Saudi Arabia. I feel safer since his butt is in hell and he can't break out of prison or whatnot. I feel safer now that he's gone.

Pendergast · Dec 30, 2006, 10:56 AM

I am not clear this will make anything better. Actually, his hanging today was a direct insult to the other part of Iraq, clearly, an act that will aggravate the situation.

People who feel Hussein's death will make them safer from him are right, but that part of the world will now turn chaotic for real, and there will not be much safety for anyone in Middle East.