Saddam Hussein executed- Justice for the Iraqi people

freedom & democracy 4 · 30-12-2006, 12:02 PM

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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at a secure facility in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
Iraqi TV said the execution took place just before 0600 local time (0300GMT). A representative of the prime minister and a Sunni Muslim cleric were present.

Footage of him being led to the gallows was later shown on Iraqi state TV.

All three were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a year-long trial over the 1982 killings of 148 Shias in the town of Dujail.

The execution procedure took just a few minutes.

Iraqi National Security Adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie, who witnessed the execution, told the BBC that the former leader went to the gallows quietly:

"We took him to the gallows and he was saying some few slogans. He was very, very, very, broken."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/6218485.stm

Lazyguy · 30-12-2006, 12:10 PM

I thought that they weren't going to execute the other two?

Britannist · 30-12-2006, 02:52 PM

I opened up a thread about the death of Saddam Hussein in the Talk About section of the forum about six hours before this one was opened up :shock: . I mention this just in case anyone wants to read the comments left there (or read the profile of Saddam Hussein).

C_steam · 30-12-2006, 04:27 PM

Agreed. Duplicate thread and hence locked.

30-12-2006, 02:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Saddam Hussein is no more I opened up a thread about the death of Saddam Hussein in the Talk About section of the forum about six hours before this one was opened up :shock: . I mention this just in case anyone wants to read the comments left there (or read the profile of Saddam Hussein).

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30-12-2006, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lazyguy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 589	I thought that they weren't going to execute the other two?

30-12-2006, 04:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
C_steam Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Paddling up 5hit creek..... Posts: 7,797	Agreed. Duplicate thread and hence locked.