Saddam Verdict...DEATH BY HANGING! Live Thread

Reuters ^

[silentknight]

Iraq urges calm ahead of Saddam verdict

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer 38 minutes ago

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister on Saturday urged his countrymen to accept the impending verdict against Saddam Hussein without violence, then in the next breath declared the former dictator must get "what he deserves" with the decision that could send him to the gallows.

[Roscoe Karns]

Hey Blondie! You know what you are? You're a
dirty son of a bit. . . aye aye aye ayeeeeeeee. Wah wah wah!

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"You hear something, George?"
"Nope. And just call me Blondie, Dick."
"Ha ha, yer killin' me!"

[HAL9000]

AP News Alert

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer says the former dictator urges Iraqis to reject sectarian violence and "not take revenge" on U.S. forces.

[RatsDawg]

wow, if this is true, maybe we will be able to finish the job a little sooner!

How bout that for an exit stragedy DUMMIES!

[LadyPilgrim]

"Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer says the former dictator urges Iraqis to reject sectarian violence and "not take revenge" on U.S. forces. "

Wonder what brought that about?
Maybe he was worried about his own neck.

[HAL9000]

Good point. Perhaps he made that statement to help him in the appeal.

[HAL9000]

AFP -

ALARM - Death sentence of Saddam: the procedure of appeal begins Monday

BAGHDAD - the procedure of call engaged automatically after the death sentence of Saddam Hussein in the lawsuit of Doujaïl begins Monday, indicated to Sunday judge Raëd Jouhi, of the High Iraqi penal court.

[Allegra]

LOVE IT!!

[LadyPilgrim]

Probably so...
But who knows?

I'm sure there's more to this, especially, after Saddam left the courtroom yelling at the judge.
I wouldn't think he'd have a change of heart THAT quick.

[Allegra]

I have heard them say there has been some violence.

We've heard a couple of explosions. But only Sadr City has people all over the streets. (Waving stupid Mookie Sadr's picture.)

Celebratory gunfire has quieted down for now.

[Yossarian]

Well, I'm really happy you like it, considering all your hard work on our behalf! Feel free to share it with your Baghdad buddies.

If you ever find yourself in the Bay Area, or if I find myself in Iraq, I owe you a drink!

[RatsDawg]

Thanks for the update! Its better to hear it from the front lines than from the news that is foaming at the mouth at wanting Iraq to turn violent over this.

[Allegra]

Thanks for the update! Its better to hear it from the front lines than from the news that is foaming at the mouth at wanting Iraq to turn violent over this.

Oh, the media has already started their crap. I just posted on a thread that has a headline saying Shiites are happy, Sunnis are not.

What a LIE!! Sunnis are every bit as happy, save for the few who were in Saddam's favor.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

It can only help, even if he is doing it only to help his own appeal (probably). If the people of his hometown, Anbar province, and the Sunnis in general heed the statement, then Iraq will be more peaceful.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

This isn't the top story on all of the Google News pages, Argentina for example, where it is near the bottom.

[mainepatsfan]

Oh what a happy story to wake up to! Let's hope the appeals process is a short one.

[mainepatsfan]

Yeah the media template is all Sunnis support Saddam 100%. It makes for a simpler story line for them.

[Sally'sConcerns]

Poor sandnsea over at DU. As PJ says, she/he/it deserves a kewpie doll for a brief moment of clarity.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2928256

sandnsea (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:11 AM Response to Original message

12. Well we're all stuck on stupid tonight

They're stupid, no question. But apologizing for Saddam is stupid too. The man murdered people. He's guilty. I don't like the death penalty, but that's the sentence. End of story. I don't know why DUers go to the mat for people like Saddam Hussein. Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine

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Skittles (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:19 AM Response to Reply #12

14. all?

check post number 6 - no one here thinks Saddam was a good man, we are just tired of the stupidity exhibited by the Freak Republic

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Human Torch (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:26 AM Response to Reply #14

15. True...especially in the way they exonerate Bush.

That was my main intent in posting...to show how the proud little freeps bristle at the suggestion that our beloved leader might have a few things to answer for as well. I don't think I've seen any "Saddam support" sentiment here.

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sandnsea (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:31 AM Response to Reply #15

17. Then why not just say 'good'

Why post cr@p comparing Bush to Saddam when you know the right just uses it to inflame their base?

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Skittles (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:40 AM Response to Reply #17

18. the truth inflames their base

the truth still needs to be told

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sandnsea (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:42 AM Response to Reply #18

19. Bush is like Saddam?

We really need to tell that 'truth' 2 days before an election??

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Skittles (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:48 AM Response to Reply #19

20. well LET ME SEE

bush lies to illegally bomb and invade a country that was no threat to us, now he is STILL lying by saying everything there is just peachy KEEN; he supports TORTURE, DESPISES CIVIL LIBERTIES - YES that ARROGANT B@ST@RD IS LIKE SADDAM

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sandnsea (1000+ posts)

Sun Nov-05-06 04:29 AM Response to Reply #14

16. I'll just use hide thread

I used all in the sense of both sites, not any given person. There are people who go out of their way to defend Saddam and the charges against him, and it just seems stupid to me. Let's give them ammunition to prove we're exactly what they say we are, 2 days before an election. Over Saddam Hussein. Just stupid. But whatever - like I said - I'll just use hide thread. It's easier that way. Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. - Thomas Paine

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[piasa]

Saddam took to religion long before he was pulled from his hole. He was constructing the mother of all mosques- whose minarets looked like scud missiles. In it he put a Koran written using his own blood as ink, so the story goes.

I had been reading his speeches before 9/11 and they were long rambling screeds full of religious imagery- he had determined after the Gulf War that he needed a group more reliable than his fellow Iraqis so he began cultivating islamists rather than fighting them so much. The chenge in his rhetoric after he made the deal with al Qaeda was notable.

[mainepatsfan]

One says something intelligent on DU at their own risk.

[Dog]

Ma'am thank you for the updates...