Iraqi-Americans Cheer Saddam's Death

Iraqi-Americans Cheer Saddam's Death

December 30, 2006 4:36 AM EST
Associated Press

DEARBORN, Mich. - With tears in his eyes and a grin on his face, 13-year-old Ali Al-Najjar watched his father celebrate the death of Saddam Hussein.

The Dearborn resident was emotional Friday night - not only did his dream of the former Iraqi president's execution come true, but he said he was witnessing a rare occurrence.

"This is the first time I've seen my dad this happy," he said as he watched the crowd of about 200 Iraqi-Americans cheer outside a Detroit-area mosque as drivers honked horns in jubilation. "I've been praying for this all my life."

His father, Imam Husham Al-Husainy, the director of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center mosque, had gathered some of the men earlier in the night, praying for the death of the former Iraqi dictator.

The crowd swelled until the announcement of Saddam's execution rippled throughout the gathering, leading some to dance and sing and others to fall to their knees and cry. Many draped Iraqi and American flags on their heads, shoulders and car hoods.

Chants of "Now there's peace, Saddam is dead" in English and Arabic rang into the night.

"This is our celebration of the death of Saddam," said Al-Husainy while standing on top of a car following reports that Saddam had been hanged. "The gift of our New Year is the murder of Saddam Hussein.

"If you want to share the Iraqi people's happiness for the death of Saddam, raise your voice and your hands."

The crowd responded with resounding cheers.

The Detroit area contains one of the nation's largest concentrations of people with roots in the Middle East, including an Iraqi community of Chaldeans, who are Catholic, Arabs and Kurds. Many from Iraq fled their homeland during the rule of Saddam.

In Dearborn, Dave Alwatan was among those who gathered at the Karbalaa center. He wore an Iraqi flag around his shoulders and grinned. He flashed a peace sign at everyone he passed.

"Peace," he said, smiling and laughing. "Now there will be peace for my family."

Alwatan, 32, an Iraqi-American, said Saddam's forces tortured and killed family members that were left behind when he left Iraq in 1991.

Others expressed a similar sense of relief.

"I feel like I lost something all my life and today it is found," said Moshtaq al-Bazaz, of Windsor, Ontario, who used to live in Dearborn and still prays at the mosque.

Some local Arab-American leaders predicted that Saddam's execution will increase violence overseas and leave the Iraqi people unsettled.

Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News and chairman of several local Arab-American groups, said Saddam's death sentence is one more casualty in a war that has killed thousands, and it will not solve the power struggle among Iraqi religious groups.

"The execution might bring some amusement and accomplishment to the Bush administration, but it will not help the Iraqi people," Siblani said.

Edward Odisho, 68, an Iraqi refugee since 1981 who now lives in Morton Grove, Ill., said it will take time for Iraqis to recover from Saddam's reign.

"It will take one to two generations to eradicate the garbage left over from Saddam Hussein and to re-establish a healthy generation," said Odisho, a linguistics professor at Northeastern Illinois University.

Rauf Naqishbendi, 53, an Iraqi Kurd from Halabja who now lives a few miles south of San Francisco moved to the U.S. in 1977.

Naqishbendi said he was pleased that Saddam was being executed, but lamented that it will not bring back family members who he said were gassed by the dictator's henchman in 1988.

"Psychologically the execution is good news, and people will feel that justice has been served," he said. "But the reality is that it's not going to bring back my family members who he killed."

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Associated Press writers David Runk in Detroit, Carla K. Johnson in Chicago and Jason Dearen in San Francisco contributed to this report.

Should have been done During Desert storm....glad its done now.

Happy New year Torog.....

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Should have been done During Desert storm....glad its done now.

Happy New year Torog.....

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Howdy Bong !

I hear ya man !

Happy New Year..back at ya ! :)

Have a good one ! :jointsmile:

What hypocrisy Torog ..... what hypocrisy .... not everyone is as pleased as you claim ....

CNN, US media disregard condemnation of Saddam execution
CNN.com's homepage exclaimed "DEATH OF A DICTATOR" in an increased 32 point font on Saturday (12/30/06) after Saddam Hussein was hanged. The accompanying article did not contain any condemnation from world leaders or leading experts, many of whom believed that Saddam's trial was flawed.
CNNExposed

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What hypocrisy Torog ..... what hypocrisy .... not everyone is as pleased as you claim ....

CNN, US media disregard condemnation of Saddam execution
CNN.com's homepage exclaimed "DEATH OF A DICTATOR" in an increased 32 point font on Saturday (12/30/06) after Saddam Hussein was hanged. The accompanying article did not contain any condemnation from world leaders or leading experts, many of whom believed that Saddam's trial was flawed.
CNNExposed

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Howdy GrowRebel,

The ones that ain't pleased,are folks whose opinion,doesn't really matter,because they make excuses for tyranny to thrive.

Have a good one ...

Fair play is not an excuse for tranny to survive my friend ...

:noel:

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Howdy GrowRebel,

The ones that ain't pleased,are folks whose opinion,doesn't really matter,because they make excuses for tyranny to thrive.

Have a good one ...

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so what does that say about you torog, as you sit on your ass and allow it to thrive at home?

Ya know Torog, it really bewilders me that you claim to be a weed smoker, yet you cheer for and honor a country that does not give a shit about you whatsoever and will imprison you for consuming a naturally grown plant. Yea...thats real freedom right there! I think that is kind of hypocritical.

But anyway, Saddam was USA manufactured and USA de-manufactured. There were so many more brutal dictators that the US could have gone after such as North Korea who apparently has ADMITTED they have nuclear weapons. But then again North Korea would kick the shit out of the US in the first few days of the war, so it wouldn't be in there best interest.

p.s. Torog...next time you post a story, please provide a link to it as me and Piss do!

Read this story!

What does it say about you guys?

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What does it say about you guys?

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Hey Bong...don't you have some terrorists are some shit to catch??? GET BACK TO WORK AND FIND THOSE TERRORISTS THAT DON'T EXIST!!!! After you're done with that, you can go and find those WMDs in Iraq that never existed. Then you can go to Iran and find them!! But hey look on the bright side buddy....it's an all expense paid trip!

My nation has a first name...its F-A-S-C-I-S-M :p :p :p :p

Yes Bong I do hate Amerika now...and as an Amerikan...I am proud to burn and trample on the flag because we red, white, and blew it!!!!

Now? Like you ever liked it in the first place....LOL thats funny.

If you hate it so much why are you here seriously?


Your Boy Rummy is Gone....what are you goingto do when Bush is gone.

Im serious GS go to the doc, and tell him what kind of nut job you are and get help.

after he is gone your depression will be deep.....think ahead. good job....

Fascim? with a lame duck Pres?????...you are Dumb.....

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Your Boy Rummy is Gone....what are you going to do when Bush is gone.

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Hmm...I don't reckon Rummy was ever my boy. lol.

Bong, I can call a doctor for you to treat your fascist disorder. But first, you can stop praising Amerika since fascism is found in massive nationalism. Second, take down all of your Amerikan flags and burn them!!! You obviously don't want any fascist paraphernalia in your home..and flags represent that! Lastly...admit to the fact that 9/11 was an inside job used to bring about a dictatorship and realize that it has happened in the past!

Ya see...back in Germany in 1933, the Reichstag caught on fire. But it was the political enemies of the Nazis...the communists that were blamed for it. So....they banned them and demonized them and the Nazis declared a national emergency and Hitler became a legal dictator out of the event. Works doesn't it!! Why on Earth do you think it could never happen again?

Tell me Bong...who do you think set the Reichstag on fire??? Hmmm??? ;)

I dont care who set the fire......Duhhhhhhh


I do care who took american hostages.........

Look at your boyVVVVVVVV see him there on the right.

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I dont care who set the fire......Duhhhhhhh


I do care who took american hostages.........

Look at your boyVVVVVVVV see him there on the right.

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You only care about justifying an illegal war ... it doesn't work.

:noel:

I care about my Mom and sis, and wife not having to wear a berka......

illegal war against radical islam?

tell me about it......

.... an illegal war against a sovereign nation that had nothing to do with 911 ... namely Iraq.

:noel:

When did the US Government or the UN say Iraq had anything to do with 911 ?

:rolleyes:

it's like living in bizarro world...

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it's like living in bizarro world...

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with a bunch of Dumb libs...............

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with a bunch of Dumb libs...............

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Oh yeah .... it's much easier to call us bunch of dumb lib ... rather than admit your own stupidity ....:p

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OK, I'll try again. Who can offer anything that the US in Iraq is "illegal"

That work?

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0210d.asp

Why are we there Because Saddam was a Bad guy? There are Ton of Bad Guys out there. Who says USA has to Police the world?

USA's own Jail system is failing, we have the most people Jailed in the World. Why doesn't USA fix it's own problems?

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They cant fix there problems..... what would they do .... get everybodys tubes tied, illegalize immigration, emmigration, and then create a plot of mass starvation :p.... thats the alternative to a piece of land overloaded with problems and fat people.

The war in Iraq reminds me of one of the oldest american concepts..... Manifest Destiny

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Yep, and to keep people fat and distracted we need a sorce of Cheep oil. We are in for Darker Times ahead my friend.

cheap oil..... i dont know anything about it.....


We need to get big Bussiness out of the goverment......yes.

but im not going to through the baby out with the bath water.....

For the slow libs....
Im not going to hate america cause Bush sucks........like you guys.

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cheap oil..... i dont know anything about it.....


We need to get big Bussiness out of the goverment......yes.

but im not going to through the baby out with the bath water.....

For the slow libs....
Im not going to hate america cause Bush sucks........like you guys.

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What makes you think It's Just Bush? You said it your self Big Bussiness is in the goverment. There not just going to Leave lol. Money is Power

[quote=Krogith]That work?

http://www.fff.org/comment/com0210d.asp

Where do you find this nonsense ? a couple of my favorites,

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The Bush administration tried its best to pin 9/11 and the subsequent anthrax mailings on Iraq. The effort failed dismally. You can be sure that if there had been evidence, weâ??d have heard about it.

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When did Bush say that ?

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Iâ??ve read the brief Constitution, and I cannot find anything to suggest that a president may go to war on his own decision

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I guess it didn't bother to read this,

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Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces Against Iraq

....Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

This joint resolution may be cited as the "Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq".

SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS

The Congress of the United States supports the efforts by the President to--

(a) strictly enforce through the United Nations Security Council all relevant Security Council resolutions applicable to Iraq and encourages him in those efforts; and

(b) obtain prompt and decisive action by the Security Council to ensure that Iraq abandons its strategy of delay, evasion and noncompliance and promptly and strictly complies with all relevant Security Council resolutions.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.

(a) AUTHORIZATION. The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to...

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I love it O..................



Remeber its ALL Bushes fault.................LOL




We were not being attacked before he was in office.....

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Where do you find this nonsense ?

I guess it didn't bother to read this,

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I guess you didn't bother to read this ....

Okay let put an end that that authorization bullshit ....:toilet_claw:

You postedThe Congressional authorization for force that Bush used to launch the invasion of Iraq. However, if you read Section 3, paragraph B, Bush was required to prove to the Congress that Iraq was in violation of UN Resolutions by still being in possession of weapons of mass destruction, and secondly, that Iraq was behind 9-11. Both claims have since been disproved and discredited.

Therefore, under United States law, the war in Iraq is illegal.

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OK, I'll try again. Who can offer anything that the US in Iraq is "illegal"

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Here ya go ..... :rastasmoke:

War critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal
Guardian.UK

There's plenty of info out there ..... This was back in 2004 ...
Iraq war illegal, says Annan
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter.
BBCNews

The Iraq War is Illegal
WRH

Blix: Iraq War Was Illegal
Commondreams

Is this nonsense too?:stupid:

:noel:

What the fuck is an Iraqi-American?

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What the f*ck is an Iraqi-American?

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Howdy Markass,

Uhmm..an Iraqi who's immigrated from Iraq,and became an American citizen ?

Also,I'd say that an Iraqi-American,is a former Iraqi fleeing from saddam and son's,brutal reign of terror.

Have a good one ! :jointsmile: