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Hussein executed with 'fear in his face'
CNN ^ | December 30, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 12/29/2006 10:42:54 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign.

The execution took place shortly after 6 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET), Iraq's national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, told Iraqi television.

"This dark page has been turned over," Rubaie said. "Saddam is gone. Today Iraq is an Iraq for all the Iraqis, and all the Iraqis are looking forward. ... The [Hussein] era has gone forever."

Rubaie, who witnessed the execution, said the former leader was "strangely submissive" to the process.

"He was a broken man," he said. "He was afraid. You could see fear in his face."......"

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bathparty; bombsaddam; gallows; hanging; hangman; iraq; noose; pwn3d; saddam; saddamhussein; saddamshanging; wot
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To: Anti-Bubba182
SHAITAN: HOW ARE YOU SADDAM!!
SHAITAN: ALL YOU SOUL ARE BELONG TO US.
SHAITAN: HA HA HA HA....
SADDAM: WHAT YOU SAY!!
21 posted on 12/29/2006 11:19:55 PM PST by RichInOC (SHAITAN: howz dat saddy tang LOL PIMP GULBUTH: saddy love me long time joe LOL)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
If he had fear when about to die, that is nothing to what he is facing now.
22 posted on 12/29/2006 11:20:11 PM PST by fish hawk (. B O stinks. That would be body odor and Barak Obama)
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To: My2Cents
"When Saddam was thrown in the arms of Allah, I'm sure he was shocked to see him wearing a red suit, with horns, and a pitchfork."

Wonder if he's buggering satan or the other way around yet? (South Park *ping*)

23 posted on 12/29/2006 11:22:12 PM PST by Al Simmons (*WHEW* I thought the world was going crazy for a moment....or maybe its just me.........*NAAAAAAH!*)
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To: Theresawithanh

My friends and I toasted Saddam's execution tonight. The hairy and unwashed couple at the next table glared at us.


24 posted on 12/29/2006 11:23:28 PM PST by JillValentine (Being a feminist is all about being a victim. Being an armed woman is all about not being a victim.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Quoting CNN? LMFAO!
Useful you are.
25 posted on 12/29/2006 11:23:36 PM PST by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: My2Cents

Bingo!
Thx cousin Eddie...


26 posted on 12/29/2006 11:24:08 PM PST by enraged
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To: JillValentine

I bought a shot for my local bar keep too! Most are not savy to the occasion.....


27 posted on 12/29/2006 11:25:53 PM PST by enraged
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To: RichInOC

SOMEONE SET UP US THE BURKA.


28 posted on 12/29/2006 11:32:22 PM PST by CaliGangsta
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To: JillValentine

I toasted here by myself with a can of Miller Lite. And I made some microwave popcorn and read the live "dead" thread.


29 posted on 12/29/2006 11:36:13 PM PST by Theresawithanh (- - -)
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To: SheLion
I'll bet it was more like "They wouldn't give him a hood". (so everyone could see who was getting their neck stretched.)

But then leave it to the media to say he refused to wear one, so they can make him look better to the idiot masses.

30 posted on 12/29/2006 11:56:13 PM PST by Slump Tester ( What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: AbeKrieger
Me and my boys are out drinking and we just drank a toast to the oxygen this murderer is no longer stealing from the earth.

I was bowling and I believe I got a strike.

31 posted on 12/30/2006 12:17:48 AM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: Liberty Valance
Right about now, Lucifer (no relation) should be bending him over to grab his ankles... for about the hundredth time.
32 posted on 12/30/2006 12:24:46 AM PST by Brucifer (JF'n Kerry- "That's not just a paper cut, it's a Purple Heart!")
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To: Talking_Mouse; Slump Tester
Well, Fox has been showing the tape, but freeze it right before they drop the floor out. Saddam doesn't show his usual arrogant pompous self.

I could see he was not comfortable.....

33 posted on 12/30/2006 1:11:44 AM PST by SheLion (When you're right, take up the fight!!!!!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Who wouldnt have fear in their face when you know you are about to be hanged.

Nice for Iraqis and all in the ME to see that their dictators and mullahs etc are no better than any other man walking this gods green earth when confronted with their end...


34 posted on 12/30/2006 2:56:04 AM PST by repvetsyiydli
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To: Anti-Bubba182

"You could see the fear in his face"

GOOD !!! now put that face on a milk carton so I have something humorous with my Cheerios . . .


35 posted on 12/30/2006 6:25:55 AM PST by lionheart 247365 (( I.S.L.A.M. stands for -------- Islams Spiritual Leaders Advocate Murder .. .. .. ))
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To: SheLion

I saw a report on CNN this morning saying that Sadam was defiant to the end


36 posted on 12/30/2006 6:54:02 AM PST by ballplayer
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To: Anti-Bubba182
"He was afraid. You could see fear in his face."......"

More importantly, what was the condition of his Depends?

37 posted on 12/30/2006 9:54:40 AM PST by COUNTrecount
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To: Anti-Bubba182

No loss. I'm disgusted by all the sympathy that the left is showing for him.


38 posted on 12/30/2006 9:57:29 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (the left is loony)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Well after I saw the video I can not say that there was any "fear in his face". Everything else would be a lie.

Although I hated this guy I have to pay tribute to the coolness of his last steps.


39 posted on 12/31/2006 2:31:52 AM PST by Atlantic Bridge (De omnibus dubitandum)
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