Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq

[Great Spirit]

I wonder if he was really hanged.....

Anyway, seems like this is another strong signal for the next planned attack and the invasion of Iran and Syria.
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location outside Baghdad's Green Zone for crimes against humanity.

The news was confirmed to the BBC by the Iraqi deputy foreign minister.

Iraqi TV said the execution took place just before 0600 local time (0300GMT). A representative of the prime minister and a Sunni Muslim cleric were present.

It is unclear whether Saddam Hussein's half-brother and a former Iraqi chief judge were also executed.

All three were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a year-long trial over the 1982 killings of 148 Shias in the town of Dujail.

A small group of Iraqis including a representative of the prime minister and a Sunni Muslim cleric were brought to a building somewhere outside the Green Zone and watched as the sentence was read out to Saddam Hussein, the BBC's John Simpson says.

The former Iraqi leader was carrying a copy of the Koran and asked for it to be given to a friend.

The noose was then placed around his neck and his face was hooded before the trap door was released. The execution took just a few minutes.

Video footage of the execution is expected to be released as final proof of Saddam Hussein's demise although it is expected to stop short of showing the actual death, our correspondent says.

US troops and Iraqi security forces are on high alert for any violent backlash. The US State Department has urged all its embassies to increase security.

'End of a dark period'

News of Saddam Hussein's execution was broadcast on state-run Iraqiya television, as patriotic music and images of national monuments were played out.

Saddam Hussein was hanged first, followed by Barzan and then Bandar, it announced. However, an Iraqi national security advisor has since said only Saddam Hussein was hanged.

A scrolling headline read: "Saddam's execution marks the end of a dark period of Iraq's history."

Other Arab TV stations aired live footage of the sunrise over Baghdad's Firdous Square, where US Marines pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein, after he was deposed in April 2003.

The BBC's Peter Greste in Baghdad says Shias have generally welcomed Saddam Hussein's death and hailed the execution as justice for the suffering endured under his leadership.

But Saddam's own Sunni tribesman were angered by his treatment and may well protest once more, our correspondent adds.

'Held to account'

US President George W Bush hailed the execution as "an important milestone" on the road to building an Iraqi democracy, but warned it would not end the deadly violence there.

He said: "It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial.

"It is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself, and be an ally in the War on Terror."

UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett welcomed the fact that Saddam Hussein had been tried by an Iraqi court "for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed" and said "he has now been held to account".

France called on Iraqis to "look towards the future and work towards reconciliation and national unity".

Great Spirit Reviewed by Great Spirit on 12-30-2006. Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq I wonder if he was really hanged..... Anyway, seems like this is another strong signal for the next planned attack and the invasion of Iran and Syria. ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6218485.stm Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location outside Baghdad's Green Zone for crimes against humanity. The news was confirmed to the BBC by the Iraqi deputy foreign Rating: 5

[Hamlet]

It seems strange to hear that he has been executed. Oh well, another one bites the dust. When will the cycle end?

It does seem strange, doesn't it? Has a creepy feel to it like dark things have been set in motion. Like we're watching black pages in History coming fresh off the press...dunno, hard to put my finger on.

[kindprincess]

no publicity whatsoever... do you think he's realy dead? i don't...

kp:l

[Dutch Pimp]

It does seem strange, doesn't it? Has a creepy feel to it like dark things have been set in motion. Like we're watching black pages in History coming fresh off the press...dunno, hard to put my finger on.

...Damn..I'm glad you said that...I thought it was just me..?..

[JeenYuss]

well me & ma boy alex watched several different videos of him being hanged yesterday took on sum1s phone they were all slightly different, such as editing, sound editing and shit but the last one we watched actually showed him hanging by the rope dead as hell staring up with thqt glazed look in his eyes it was kinda creepy

most of them were from "credible" news sources such as cnn but the last one i referred to was from an anonymous something something but it was fun to watch (does that make me sick in the head or something?)

[keeko]

most of them were from "credible" news sources such as cnn but the last one i referred to was from an anonymous something something but it was fun to watch (does that make me sick in the head or something?)

no that does not make you sick in the head, im sure most of us slightly smiled as we heard the news:thumbsup:

[B.Basher]

The video is all over the web. The funny part is when he hangs, the camera goes all fucked up for some unknown reason. Funny how the only person in the room itching to get this historical event on camera seemed to totally miss it. I'd bet anything he's alive and well smoking up a cigar on a desert island somewhere.

[shoi]

the same video does show him hanged...

u have to understand this guy wasnt meant to be doing what he was... he was probably scared and not actually looking at the phone since he had to be hiding it....
well the person they think did it has been taken into custidy

[nikweiser]

no hes really dead.
i even saw a video of her burial and like hella saddam supporters were there all screaming alla ukbar and shit and it shows him dead..
liveleak.com has a bunch of stuff, its like uncensored youtube