An Iraqi appeals court has upheld Saddam Hussein's death sentence, ordering that he be hanged within the next 30 days for ordering the killing of 148 people in the city of Dujail in 1982.
Expect a series of feverish last-ditch attempts to save Saddam Hussein 's life, followed by his execution.
Update 1: And it's started already. Here's a report of an objection to the sentence from Human Rights Watch, which opposes the death penalty in general.
Update 2: From the more violent end of the spectrum, Saddam Hussein's Baath Party is now threatening to harm America and its interests if Hussein is executed.
Update 3: Lucky us! In another effort to tug at our heartstrings, we get to hear about Hussein's farewell letter. I'm not particularly interested in the tyrant's last words unless they are "I'm sorry" to the hundreds of thousands killed under Hussein's rein and still being killed by insurgent terrorists sympathetic to Hussein.
The only words I really want to hear are those of the victims of Saddam Hussein, many of whom have been silenced forever, and their families. Not surprisingly, many Iraqis are volunteering to be the hangman for Saddam Hussein.
Forget about having all the victims present when Hussein is executed. No room is big enough to hold them all.
Update 4: But we're not done yet with the attempts to prevent the execution. Mind you, Hussein's sentence was imposed after a lengthy trial before a duly constituted Iraqi court. It was then affirmed by Iraq's highest court. But now the AP has taken it upon itself to poll U.S. soldiers on the advisability of executing Saddam. (The few who are quoted are supposedly split.) I had no idea U.S. soldiers had a vote in whether Hussein is executed! And if U.S. soldiers did have the deciding vote, and if they were all in favor of his hanging, would be even be hearing about it?
I like to start off by saying that I wish this would have never came to this, but saddam hussein was a monster who needed to be destroyed. The man who Killed all the Innocent Iraqi people had men still scared to testify against him. Whatever higher being you believe in, GOD has swung his sword on the evil of this world. This has nothing to do with Islam... This has to do with a evil man who raped children, women, destroyed many families, will never do this again. Any extremist who believes, in proving his point by destroying innocent lives will also succumb to the same end. God is about peace, whether you are muslim, cristian, or whatever religion you believe in. I want to end this by saying that we need to come together as a world, and stop raising children with false hate, and lies. The Americans are not your enemies, The false prophets who declare themselves Gods are, these are the ones who will bring destruction to this world. I deployed to many countries believing through GOD that I was doing good, by savin innocent children. I Will always believe that I was soldier for GOD, because I never killed innocent children, or Families. I know I am one of GOD'S angels of justice.
Thankyou GOD for justice,
Buffalosouljer
P.s. save the children
Posted by: a. Fry | December 30, 2006 at 05:04 AM