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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -46/+280THAT ***** CAMERA MAN SHOULD BE HUNG FOR DOING SUCH A PIECE OF ***** JOB FILMING THIS
- rzermatt, on 10/12/2007, -7/+175Just to let people know, you actually do see him hang here. [This video shows him hanging from the noose for a few seconds.]... Just in case you may not want to watch it, this is a warning since it is a little graphic.
- ZeroStrife49, on 10/12/2007, -50/+198Hmm, i find it somewhat deplorable that people are marveling over Saddams death. Of course, its Saddam. But killing him really doesnt fix anything. In fact, it brings us to the savage level that he demonstrated. How ironic, that we are hanging somebody in response to him killing others. Subliminal messages stating that revenge is the correct choice of action? An eye for an eye only makes the man blind.
Objective point of view ftw (or ftmfl, if you look at it that way) :-P - Guye, on 10/12/2007, -4/+86Holmes101:
Technically, you don't have to watch the video of it.
Basically you're saying it's okay to kill or execute someone, just so long as you don't have to watch it happen? If you want someone executed, I think it's only fair you watch it happen.
Out of sight, out of mind?
People need to face the magnitude of what exactly they are condmning someone to. Otherwise, it just makes it easier to take life, and that is never a good thing. - Frinkahedron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+71Just so people know, I was the one who uploaded this to google video. Original source was: http://www.anwarweb.net/saddamdown.wmv, linked in the Something Awful topic about the execution: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2252815
- junkalam, on 10/12/2007, -3/+61Translation:
(Inaudible first few seconds)
Saddam: Oh God ! There is no God but Allah !
Crowd chant: God bless mohammed & the kin of Mohmaed
Crowd chant: Saddam is the enemy of God ! Muqtada ! Muqtada ! Muqtada ! (Im guessing its Muqtada alSadr the Shiite cleric)
Saddam: This execution is a disgrace
voice1: Go to Hell...To Hell god willing !!
Voice2: Please don't !! The man is being executed !!
Voice1: To hell !!
Voice 2: I beg you don't...
Saddam: There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is his messenger !
Saddam: There is no God but Allah and......
*Hung*
Crowd: The dictator has fallen !!!! God bless Mohammed & the kin of Mohmmaed !
(Inaudible) - heythisismyname, on 10/12/2007, -2/+46Where did they hang him? Because it looks like the stairwell behind a gym? Anyone know?
- holmes101, on 10/12/2007, -78/+112This is ***** up. Isn't it good enough to just know that it happened? Why do you have to watch the video of it?
- bdawg923, on 11/07/2007, -3/+37Bad quality. I think I'll just wait for the DVD-rip.
- otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -5/+39How quickly we forget.
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/wiscploni/rumsfeldhussein.jpg - loriencfau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27You're seriously telling me that you couldn't figure out this was NSFW? Seriously?
- michaeltime, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2112555.ece
A dictator created then destroyed by America. - Eyeooga, on 10/12/2007, -12/+34If you support the death penalty, or supported our invasion of Iraq, I think you should be FORCED to watch every death that results from that support. To do any less would be the height of hypocrisy, sort of like sending US troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though you did everything you could to avoid serving in Vietnam.
- Jofaba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21I just KNEW a video would be leaked today. It's almost impossible for anything significant to happen these days and not make it online. Kudos on the find. I'm not sure why the carnal part of my brain wanted to watch that but I'll admit that I was hoping it'd get leaked. I think it's that "inside information" high you can get from being privy to a secret. Course, it's not exactly a "secret" now, but even though it's online and on Digg, a huge portion of society still will never see it (unless it's officially released and broadcast on television).
- rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24@23
What the hell are you talking about?
From the look of every single one of your last comments, what the hell are you ever talking about? The liberals here aren't rejoicing any more then the right wingers. This partisan ***** is killing politics. Start forming your own opinion and don't discount half of the population based on party lines. - devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Thanks. I'm not watching it personally, but in the interest of information being free and accessible, I'm glad you put it up.
- retnull, on 10/12/2007, -6/+26The headline is "Sadam execution video -- enjoy". I find it quite disturbing that anyone can "enjoy" images of a human being being killed.
- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19It would be interesting to get some translations of what they were saying. Some of it didn't sound like random conversation.
- rzermatt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21@ DeezNutz420
You can't judge a whole religion or race by the actions of one person. And nobody wants to hear your anti-muslim comments, or jokes about someone else's faith. Have some respect here. - wickedawsome, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19I believe earned is a more deserving word than deserved
- mbrannon, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23The mock trial, this backroom hasty execution, etc. only serve to turn people into sympathizers. Imagine how this looks to outsiders. There was a mock trial, a quick judgment, and an execution in some dark hidden closet before anyone can complain. I don't agree with many of the things he did but this whole chain of events has only lead me to believe that we've forsaken some amount of dignity, humanity, and gave up on the concepts of democracy, freedom, and a fair justice system.
They are going to look back on this and view this Iraqi invasion and execution at worst as a great transgression of human rights by the United States and at best, just another example of American imperialism and our belief that we can enter any sovereign country, police them, and remove their leaders as we see fit. - Groovemaster, on 10/12/2007, -23/+40"this man had a hugely negative impact on the Middle East (not to mention the world)."
Are we still talking about Saddam here? - foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17No.
Thats why its under NEWS. Not Video.
its serious stuff. - bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I doubt he was the official cinematographer.
- MrTranquility, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I'm going to quote Gandalf here.
"Deserve death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your won safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends." - RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16I lean conservative on most issues but find capital punishment disgusting. Don't get me wrong, I support the 2nd amendment, arming the police, citizens defending life and limb with lethal force, etc. But beyond self-defense and other similar circumstances, I just don't think anyone has the right to decide whether or not another human being can live or die. No mortal being has the power or authority to legitimize such a judgment. When you have a criminal under your complete control, you have the obligation and opportunity to treat them in a way that demonstrates your higher commitment to justice and moral righteousness. I warn those who are gleeful about this execution that Saddam might have felt a similar satisfaction when he murdered those who challenged his grip on power. Pinch this glee in the bud. As Nietzsche said, “If you stare into the Abyss long enough, the Abyss stares back at you.” We are in the midst of a long-term ideological stuggle for the world's future. We won't win it by being less worse than the other guys.
- digitalsin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Enjoy? WTF is that? Sure he had it coming some 30 years ago, but no one should enjoy watching another life being extinguished. Ever.
- Captbob007, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15And CNN said putting the noose around his neck was "very graphic". Looks real to me.
- knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -12/+25Cry? No. Shake my head at the unseemly haste for blood, not to mention the ***** reason the States went in? Definitely.
BTW. Enjoy getting dugg down even faster than my first post - themicah, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17This is sick. Buried as lame.
Idiot frat boy president said that "today, Saddam got the justice he denied to his victims." What a jackass. Does the irony escape him, that Saddam was hung after a sham of "process"; a show trial with a pre-ordained conclusion? Saddam got exactly what he gave, and neither situation smells remotely of "justice".
Dumb ***** that watch this snuff film with their sweaty palms buried in bowls of cheetos are part of the problem: a gang of armchair warriors whose sense of justice got lost somewhere between their fat bellies and the tv remote. War neverending. Thanks, asshats. - ZeroStrife49, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Re: DeezNuts:
Getting a little anti-Muslim, are we? Keep in mind, that it is ignorance from people like you that contribute to many of the world's problems. Don't hate muslims because of what you see in the news, news companies thrive on causing uproar, it is their purpose.
I'm not muslim btw, just bringing up a point - jesusismetal, on 10/12/2007, -8/+19@CiXeL
If you're disgusted at your country for the hanging of Saddam maybe you should realize that it wasn't the idea of any American court. - relsseigk, on 05/13/2008, -8/+18America didn't hang him, this was an Iraqi court decision.
- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13For me, I wanted to see it because it's nice to actually have unvarnished proof of a major event in Iraq for once. Not filtered by embedded journalists or anything -- the straight dope.
- Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11"Is the world better off with or without Saddam?"
Does it have to resort to executing him after removing him from power? - otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9In other news, 86 people were killed in Iraq today.
- grinding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Translation of what I can make out:
Someone in the audience: To hell! To hell!
SH: I bear witness that there is only one God worthy of worship and that Muhammad is messenger.
Someone in the audience: To hell! To hell!
SH: I bear witness that there is only one God worthy of worship and that Muhammad is messenger (as the platform was removed).
I don't want to watch it again to focus on the rest of what was being said (alot of it seemed unclear anyway from my initial viewing). - Toast1185, on 10/12/2007, -5/+13"THOU SHALL NOT KILL" comes with a lot of exceptions, it's all there, in the same book no less.
- Rezzy, on 10/12/2007, -14/+22Enjoy? How the ***** is that enjoyable?
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Looks like the real deal.
- cjpro, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14CiXeL: You are blaming us Americans for hanging him? All we did was knock him out of power. We left the decision on what to do with him to his own people. We did not participate in his death, only the fall of his government.
- pippin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8it may be saddam but its still killing another human and watching it. whatever everyones intitled to their own views.
- Guye, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12SeBBBe:
Sure, and plenty of people, myself included, have seen what goes on in a slaughterhouse. But there is also quite a difference when comparing the slaughter of animals for food (a necessary part of nature and life), and executing a human being. - foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Not really. Only see him on noose for a few seconds.
WW2 documentary's are worse, and those dont deserve NSFW too.
Its perfectly safe for work. - TheoDork, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14We're supposed to enjoy this?
- MasteRR, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Digging down for "enjoy". No matter how bad a person was, his death is not entertainment. It's the death of a human being.
- anachronaut, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"Your an idiot"
No, you're an idiot. - diggless, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10you have to be kidding me, we spend billions to find the guy, when he is executed we cant even get a tripod and a high def camera in there? I mean just for confirmation and future questions sake it seems we would want some type of quality record of the proceedings. That way if someone questioned what happened we would at least not be looking at a cell phone video of this monumental historical event.
- duketogo, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15How exciting. Hopefully George W. Bush will be hung next.
- hombrelobo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Looks like Google VIdeo has no problem in approving videos of executions and killings. Ohh, but not movies from Hollywood, that would be soooo wrong ....
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