Saddam Hussein may face execution within hours

Tom|Nbk · 29 Dec 2006 at 17:58

NEW: Saddam Hussein may face execution within hours
• Hussein may meet with lawyers before execution
• Iraqi prime minister says no delays for hanging, state TV reports
• Chief defense lawyer: U.S. military says to pick up belongings

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/29/hussein/index.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6217725.stm

thoughts?

MasterMike · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:01

He shouldn't bother making his bed.

cleanbluesky · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:05

Shame

Shouldn't happen this way

danza · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:06

Beneath his uncaring fascade, I bet he's bricking it.

We shall see what happens...

Flibster · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:07

Isn't his trial for genocide of the Kurds still ongoing though?

He's just been given the death penalty for killing 150 people in a village where someone tried to kill him iirc.

So - why not wait for the second result to be in before stringing him up?

Simon/~Flibster

eclp · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:08

danza · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:08

cleanbluesky said:
Shame

Shouldn't happen this way

What do you mean?

If you mean what I think you mean, I agree. In so many ways it would be better for him to serve a long term sentence in jail until the day he dies, but that was never going to happen.

It's wrong in so many ways, but right in others it's hard to not sit on the fence about the situation.

Stolly · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:09

Hi Saddam

Android · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:09

The death penalty doesn’t solve anything or fix what was broken. It does the exact opposite – it takes us a step closer to barbarism.

Conanius · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:10

bakes0310 said:
whys he being executed for killing 150 ppl they were all jews anyway.

its good to see OCUK's trolls still exist, await your suspension for a comment like that.

MasterMike · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:11

bakes0310 said:
whys he being executed for killing 150 ppl they were all jews anyway.

Hm.

Flibster said:
So - why not wait for the second result to be in before stringing him up?

The new Iraqi government want him out of the way as soon as possible to stop his "martyr" image becoming any bigger than it already is (although killing him will possibly aggravate this) - also, under Iraqi law once the appeal process has been seen to the prisoner must be executed within 30 days.

divine` · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:12

bakes0310 said:
whys he being executed for killing 150 ppl they were all jews anyway.

:O

That ain't the sort of thing you should really say in public

Andr3w · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:12

bakes0310 said:
whys he being executed for killing 150 ppl they were all jews anyway.

bakes0310 · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:12

only kidding ive just finished watching borat and its got me in a funny mood

Andr3w · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:13

bakes0310 said:
only kidding ive just finished watching borat and its got me in a funny mood

lol no excuse on a public forum mate

edit your post

RandomTom · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:13

bakes0310 said:
only kidding ive just finished watching borat and its got me in a funny mood

thank god you weren't watching one of Hitler's speeches... :eek:

Andr3w said:
lol no excuse on a public forum mate edit your post

even though you've all quoted it, no chance.

sam83uk · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:14

why dont his ex-military loyal men break him free

bakes0310 · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:14

doh cant edit my post

cleanbluesky · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:15

RandomTom said:
even though you've all quoted it, no chance.

I agree - freedom of speech

Hedge · 29 Dec 2006 at 18:16

sam83uk said:
why dont his ex-military loyal men break him free

Even them probably want the ******* dead.

Good riddence i say. Nothing wrong with this end at all. cant really take any more from him than his existence