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(COMPLETE VIDEO) Saddam EXECUTION

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  • 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
    • 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?
    • netcraft, on 10/12/2007, -66/+7Netcraft confirms. Saddam Hussein is dead.
    • dankoleary, on 10/12/2007, -96/+39Graphic? That was AWESOME! ***** deserved way worse than what he got.
    • 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.
    • heythisismyname, on 10/12/2007, -2/+46Where did they hang him? Because it looks like the stairwell behind a gym? Anyone know?
    • CryoNine, on 10/12/2007, -27/+32@ ZeroStrife49 and netcraft:

      Most realize that his death will not "fix" anything, but he changed the lives of a lot of people for the worse, especially those that "followed" under him. Many get comfort in seeing him brought to justice. Those watching the video are more there for proof... this man had a hugely negative impact on the Middle East (not to mention the world).

      It's not eye for eye philosophy... it's really anything but. There's nothing objective about your viewpoint.
    • 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.
    • 23r17i05o42n, on 10/12/2007, -57/+15Look at all the liberal kooks who are defending a mass murder! Digg is full of them! You're so blind in your knee-jerk hatred of Bush that you are on Saddam's side. This is the definition of insanity.
    • 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?
    • somebitches, on 10/12/2007, -46/+280THAT ***** CAMERA MAN SHOULD BE HUNG FOR DOING SUCH A PIECE OF ***** JOB FILMING THIS
    • SeBBBe, on 10/12/2007, -21/+8"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."

      If you want to eat meat, it's only fair you watch it happen.

      No? Im not sure I'd enjoy those burgers as much if I did soooo.. rather not. Conslusion: you dont need to watch.
    • m3mn0n, on 10/12/2007, -18/+6@ZeroStrife49

      Locking him up for life would result in the exact same outcome. Hanging only makes his death quicker.

      He has to die for his horrible crimes sometime. Might as well be sooner rather than later. Especially in this case, since some of his supporters might feel there is still a chance to free him and restore his dictatorship.

      Cutting the head off the chicken does make it eventually stop running around and fall over.
    • 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.
    • allholy1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4belongs on http://www.ogrish.com

      I saw it and my jaw opened when the camera zoomed in on his head after he was dropped... kinda disgusting.
    • 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.
    • otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -18/+7Zerostrife, those are my thoughts exactly.

      It's quite ironic actually. Saddam would execute his enemies in vicious manners without a fair trial.

      The new, democratic government, has executed its primary enemy in a vicious manner without a fair trial.
    • DeezNutz420, on 10/12/2007, -50/+8Im sure all the libs are mourning their hero saddam. good rinddance to the worlds most dangerous muslim and insane leaders. have fun meeting moo-hammid you scumbag.
    • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3ogrish doesn't even really exist as a website anymore. They got bought out by liveleak or something or other. All the stuff is still there, though.

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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
    • Rezzy, on 10/12/2007, -14/+22Enjoy? How the ***** is that enjoyable?
    • michaeltime, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2112555.ece

      A dictator created then destroyed by America.
    • allholy1, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2@Eyeooga,

      Look at the people in Iraq... they film and broadcast stuff like that all the time. Although censorship is bad, I feel that it is appropriate for execution videos such as this. It makes people numb to actions like this. Take a gruesome videogame, like mortal kombat and their fatalities, put real people in there and show that to kids... BAD IDEA
    • TOTALineptitude, on 10/12/2007, -14/+9Saddam and the devil will be boyfriends again.
    • skyshock21, on 10/12/2007, -19/+9"I heard the last thing before you do before you die is crap your pants"

      -Eric Carman
    • SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4they were praying and then rest of it was noise i couldn't make out what they were saying
    • otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -5/+39How quickly we forget.

      http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/wiscploni/rumsfeldhussein.jpg
    • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -20/+14Zerostrife,

      Saddam was muslim. bin Laden is muslim. The 9/11 hijackers were muslim. Hezbollah are muslims. al Asqa Martyr's Brigade are muslims. Islamic Jihad are muslims. The terrorists in Indonesia are muslim. The Iraqi terrorsits are muslim. The Iranians terrorists are muslim.

      Are ALL terrorists muslims? Of course not. You have the ETA, the IRA and Tim McVeigh just to name a few. Are VAST MAJORITY of terrorists muslim? Yes. Even though it may not be PC to point out that (not so minor) point, you need to get over it.

    • 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.
    • dvfreelancer, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9"How ironic, that we are hanging somebody in response to him killing others."

      What's ironic is we're hanging him for doing what we put him in power to do. Keep those wild-eyed mofos living in a country steeped in blood in line. The democracy experiment sure isn't getting it done.

      This should definitely serve as a warning to anyone working with the US.
    • ZeroStrife49, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@ TheBloom

      My point is not to state against the majority of recent terrorism to be committed my Muslims. The point i was arguing is not "All terrorists are not muslims." Rather, the question is "are all Muslims terrorists?" No. Therefore, anti-Muslim statements are still not justified.
    • ColinCampbell, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@ theblooms

      You're incorrect. The vast majority of suicide bombings aren't carried out in the name of any one religion or any one group affiliation. The Tamil Tigers are athiest Marxists, they pioneered and popularized the use of suicide bombings in modern terrorism.
    • queefer, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3Take that, saddam.
    • fireblazr, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7What I cannot help but think now... is I actually feel that this is all a hoax... I think since the war is doing soo badly... and the upcoming war on iran... they need saddam more than ever... So quickly end the trial and find him guilty... send him to death... fake his death (I will get to that soon) and then let saddam run iraq undercover since hes the best at takin over that hell hole... then when we fight iran... we resupply saddam once again to fight off iran... I know alot of you will just digg me down, but with all the other digg posts about russian spy's, declassified information from the US... and alot of things from the world/politics section... but don't think its impossible...

      Now about faking his death... just look at the videos... you see him fall but thats it... it blanks out... I mean who in this day an age can shoot such a ***** video... I mean come on now... after all those behedding videos... even the afghans can shoot better in a fire fight... it just seems very very fishy that the money shot is blacked out... then all of a sudden they show a body on the floor... I choose not to believe that hes dead... didnt you forget how many body doubles he had have plastic surgery back in the day...

      i am not saying believe me but keep your minds open... cause there is no truth anymore in this day and age... just like the post said about the new dark age of truth...

      thanks for reading...

      end.
    • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2And when exactly is the last time Tamil Tigers blew something up? The muslims did it several times today in Baghdad.

      Doesn't really matter who invented the suicide bomb. That is a completely moot point. The point is, who uses terrorism now? Right now, most terrorists happen to be muslim. They have held that ignominy since the Shah of Iran was overthrown.

      Of course the atheists are the greatest mass murders in history. The islamics PALE in comparison to what the Soviets and the Red Chinese did last century. BUT, let Iran get the bomb, and they will catch up VERY quickly.

    • 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)
    • CanceledCzech, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"But killing him really doesnt fix anything."

      This is just the beginning. Civil War is much more likely now.
    • lavaspire, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@ Zerostrife...

      Its called justice. You pay the penalty for your crime. It doesn't bring us down to his level. It is merely justice - when there is no penalty for wrong, chaos rules.
    • xsuite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Fireblazr_

      This isnt an Orson Scott card novel. Saddam isnt Achilles. There are plenty of able people who can run iraq
    • adspigot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Do you not realize "we" didn't execute him? I didn't hear a bunch of Americans screaming afterwards, no Brits or anything, those were Iraqi people cheering. I didn't realize digg had so many pacifists on here. He killed alot of Iraqi people, they tried him, they executed him, they cheered...Congratulations to them for letting their government work. I don't hear you bitching because some American was executed for killing 2 or 3 people, this guy killed thousands. There is no point in letting him bask in his accomplishments in a cell. I say good job.
    • knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2"Do you not realize "we" didn't execute him?"

      Oh what a tangled web, adspigot. You go right on buying that story. Blue pill and all that. Your government overthrew the sovereign leader (reprehensible though he may have been) of a sovereign country. You executed him alright.

      "Congratulations to them for letting their government work."
      That sort of like the huge crowds that celebrated Saddam's overthrow? They anything like the millions suffering more now that they did while the overthrow was occurring?

      "I say good job."
      Indeed. The likes of you would. Sad commentary on what passes for civilisation.
    • aussieaubs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2we didnt kill him u lame ***** - the Iraqis killed him according to their laws and their religion...... USA and the world did NOT hang saddam whoisnotsane
    • monsieurgrand02, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Actually, it wasn't a US decision to hang him, nor was it decided in a US court. We don't use hanging as a form of death in the US anymore. If it were up to the US we probably would have given him lethal injection or the electric chair. But hanging is more suitable for a person like Saddam.
    • TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@theblooms

      Your a ***** tool, try to comprehend the fact that it doesn't matter what religion or god you subscribe to there will always be nuts in each of those groups taking it to the word of their gospel to extremities. Your a ***** dumb ***** for pointing your finger at the Muslims and Atheists insinuating that their entire organized Establishment is the reason for all of the worlds terrorist acts. Well how about Christianity? Last time I checked they were the biggest organized religion in the world because of the very terrorist manifest destiny ***** you sputter so liberally all over this thread. Get over yourself.
    • joellaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0My hope is not to offend. After rading several pots here, I felt a need to reply. Saddam was pure evil. If I was there I would have watched. He was no better than Hitler, who I wouldn't only have watched die, but, as not only a jew, but a human being, I would have proudly pulled the trigger myself. I realise the two are not the same, but there are certainly similarities. As far as the other governments involved in this action. I think Tony Blair is a controlled pansy and that George Bush is a ***** moron. Everyone is open to their views, that is why we have a democracy that sometimes works in the U.S. Happy new year to all, especially our service men and women who do as they are told to defend us.
  • 5m0k3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6This is what many people have been looking for.. (It is from a different camera than the other videos, however)
    • Captbob007, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15And CNN said putting the noose around his neck was "very graphic". Looks real to me.
    • 5m0k3, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4As a brief follow-up, it also contains audio.
    • loveandrockets, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8You'd think they would give the videographer something other than a cellphone to tape this, seeing as how it'll be one of the iconic images of the whole ***** war.
    • bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16I doubt he was the official cinematographer.
    • sych0, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Just curious... How many Iraqi's did saddam actually kill, and how many has george w bush actually kill?
    • bashar129, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4By just estimating in my head, I believe Saddam killed about 1000-2000 Iraqis and Kurds...And there have been around 600,000 Iraqis dead or missing and 3000 American soldiers killed in Bush's war.
  • beelz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10Looks like the real deal.
  • aussieaubs, on 10/12/2007, -38/+2geessh that looks so real.... why is it shaking soo much?? still not convinced though that its real.....
  • Shingmaster, on 10/12/2007, -36/+18He deserved it.
    • Fascist, on 10/12/2007, -43/+36No living creature "deserves" death.
    • 23r17i05o42n, on 10/12/2007, -55/+14Fascist, does that include unborn children? I bet in your tiny brain babies are ok to kill, but not mass murderers.
    • wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -19/+12I'm sorry but I disagree. Anyone like Saddam deserves to die, or rot in a prison while being tortured for the rest of his life. I feel bad for feeling like this towards another human being but I feel he deserved it.
    • wickedawsome, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19I believe earned is a more deserving word than deserved
    • pathy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+723r17i05o42n,

      He didn't say it was okay to kill any living creature, simply that none of them deserve death. Cows don't deserve death, but we still kill them to eat.
    • aznaix, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2@23r17i05o42n, what are you talking about? What do unborn babies have to do with this. And yeah, unborn babies are still living creatures. Just look at all the babies born weeks early. Just cause they haven't been birthed yet, doesn't meen they aren't alive.
    • SeBBBe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Saying that someone "deserves to live" contains lots of human values which arent really applicable in this way. You cant say cows nor human deserve anything. Noone deserves dying nor living, from a neutral standpoint.

      ...I just like observing things from a neutral standpoint.
    • otheruser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3wulfflower, how would that make you any different from Saddam?
    • 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."
    • selrahc, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1No living creature? What about the ***** spider that crawls in my bed only to bite me when I get there? Or those Asian ladybeetles that keep landing in my food and making it taste horrible(smell horrible too)... I'm pretty sure they deserve it.
    • trollenlord, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Yeah he was a total monster. He redistributed the land to farmers (from the rich landowners), built free health care system, free school system, free social security system, he drove the petroleum industry bringing money to run that all, ... Good that you have completely black&white view of the world and just believe what your completely biased and filtering media tells you at each time.
    • CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+523r17i05o42n, ive seen you make a few abortion arguements in saddam stories.

      how about you stop trolling? the two have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
    • wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@otheruser

      Well, I don't know... maybe the fact that I didn't many civilians just because they didn't like me?
  • knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -45/+16Hope the bushies get a woody watching this.


    Dicks
    • 23r17i05o42n, on 10/12/2007, -43/+12Did you cry all night long for Saddam?
    • 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
    • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Kickerbocker,

      Is the world better off with or without Saddam?

    • 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?
    • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Well, obviously for the people of Iraq (the ones who tried, convicted and carried out the sentence) the answer is dead.

      Personally I am against capital punishment. There are far worse things we can do to people who commit heinous crimes. I like the idea of Life at Hard Labor without the Possibility of Parole on a prison farm in in New Mexico or Alaska. Talk about a life of hard work. The prisoners eat only what they grow in those extremely harsh climates. Provide them with hand tools, seed and water, and let them make the most of their pathetic lives.

      But again, this was the Iraqi's desire to kill him, not necessarily the Allies, and in a trial of this magnitude, who are we to question them.

    • knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"Is the world better off with or without Saddam?"

      On balance, I'd say worse. Not holding him up as a paragon of virtue by any stretch of the imagination. However, I'd say he was the lesser of the possible evils.
      The template for the Afghanisization of Iraq has been applied and will take hold. Next to go? The House of Saud in Saudi Arabia.
    • mistermachine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Is the world better off with or without Saddam?"

      do you really think it makes a ***** difference to the world if saddam is murdered by the state or not? let's see what happens in the next couple weeks. one thing that won't happen though: the world enters a utopian age.

      a better question would be:

      "is the world better off with or without George Bush?"

      and the answer is, undoubtedly, BETTER OFF. now let's hang the ***** and his cronies - this would actually make the world a better place.
    • Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Next to go? The House of Saud in Saudi Arabia."

      Nah, the Bush family has been in with them for decades, from what I've read.
    • theblooms, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1mistermachine, let me try to understand what you are saying. Set me straight if I misunderstood you.

      So the world being rid of a merciless dictator who ran rape rooms and torture chambers. A man who fed people feet first into metal shredders, a man who cut off fingers and toes for his amusement: Eh, whatever. Take him or leave him. Makes no difference to you or the people of Iraq.

      However, sending a duly elected and term limited President of the United States to the Gallows; that is the most reasonable and proper thing to do?

    • CryoNine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't care for how Bush has dealt with presidency, but Saddam being brought to justice goes far, FAR beyond him. Anyone that associates satisfaction towards Saddam's execution with the approval of President Bush has an extremely limited scope of the situation.
    • TheReport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"So the world being rid of a merciless dictator who ran rape rooms and torture chambers. A man who fed people feet first into metal shredders, a man who cut off fingers and toes for his amusement: Eh, whatever. Take him or leave him. Makes no difference to you or the people of Iraq.

      However, sending a duly elected and term limited President of the United States to the Gallows; that is the most reasonable and proper thing to do?"

      Just because Bush is the Leader of one of the Super Powers of the world, does not make him better than a ruthless dictator. His torture is methodical and planned and usually is masked by propoganda. Open your eye's, Bush's war has caused more deaths than Saddam could have even come close to coming.

      and if that wasn't clear enough for you, Yes I think Bush deserves to hang right there next to Saddam
  • 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
  • Artifez, on 10/12/2007, -11/+3Good night, funny man.
  • sacr3dc0w, on 10/12/2007, -35/+17I hope to see George Bush hanging from a noose in the future. Uh oh, CIA is here!
    • CiXeL, on 10/12/2007, -27/+14i'm sorry. im american and a christian but this is so morally blasphemous to me that i dont blame the terrorists if they strike us for this.
      so much for america taking the moral high ground.
      i am disgusted with this ***** country.
    • Conwaysb0718, on 10/12/2007, -14/+5Merle Haggard said it best: "If you dont love it, leave it."
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • CiXeL, on 10/12/2007, -16/+5I was once a proud US citizen but i cant claim that distinction now
      and im not sure you recall "THOU SHALT NOT KILL"
      i dont recall any ***** exceptions under that commandment.
      the blood lust in this country is sickening.
      live by the sword, die by the sword and we've got it ***** coming.
    • relsseigk, on 05/13/2008, -8/+18America didn't hang him, this was an Iraqi court decision.
    • DigDugDigger, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5Only the idea of the court that the US set up. You really think the new Iraqi gov't will look for their best interests and not America's? We went in there to protect our interests, and we will make sure whatever gov't we setup there will do the same.
    • sckoralesky, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"It is crystal clear that the United States should not misinterpret his fall and take the credit to itself. " - Deputy Foreign Minister Hamid Reza Asefi (IRAN).

      But yeah, apparently you don't like America for whatever reason. Gratz.
    • 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.
    • jesusismetal, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2You sound like a bible thumping moron who believes the world should be a peaceful utopia.
    • filmbandit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3i agree this is the act of a sovereign government and not the u.s. but i'm a little put out that all day long on the cable news outlets there has been no reference to the barberism of hanging/killing someone -- i believe in a lifetime of punishment -- don't agree with blood vengence. read some history or even your bible -- it's primitive and never solves anything. man tries to call himself civil and advanced yet he commits the exact act he condemns. doesn't compute
    • loveandrockets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5CIXel

      His death was fitting and just within Islamic law and the laws the Iraqis made for themselves.

      Grow a pair.
    • GruntboyX, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5@Cixel

      your quotation of the 10 commandments shows your ignorance.

      with a little research you would know that the reference to kill refers to the Jewish word "Ratsach" which is more appropriately translated murder. Every biblical instance using the word "Ratsach " has always referred to a premeditated situation of manslaughter. It does not refer to capital punishment, or collateral damage during war time, or the killing of foreign combatants during war.

      you sir have the mental capacity of a 12 year old.
    • youpidou, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Well, at least the vatican isn't too happy with capital punishment (this one in particular), so even if the poster may be 12 years old he's not the only one feeling this is against the book.
    • captjc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@jesusismetal

      A peaceful Utopia...who would ever want that. I know I want a post-apocalyptic nightmare of a hellhole. Where people like you roam the streets. Yeah THATS the ticket.

  • ZeroStrife49, on 10/12/2007, -14/+5Hmm, 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

    [WRONG AREA, digg me down plz] ahaha digg n00b
  • 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).
    • 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.
  • HA5TY, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2This is a much better view, it does get dark, at the end but you can still see him. As bad as it is when someone dies, at least it was Saddam.
  • kevinsanders, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0I saw the same video on pandachute.com too.
    • zybch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2But its much more 'enjoyable' without their ***** watermark!!!!
  • TheoDork, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14We're supposed to enjoy this?
    • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17No.
      Thats why its under NEWS. Not Video.
      its serious stuff.
    • wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5No, but some people want some sort of proof of his hanging and this is it.
    • TheoDork, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Thanks guys, I wasn't aware that you didn't bother reading the description of the post.

      "Source unknown, enjoy."
    • moylan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@randomzen

      no, it's a snuff movie. to watch somebody die for the enjoyment of it. why? you knew he had been killed. what else does this movie tell you? i'd wonder about the people who want/need to see it. not healthy.

      disclaimer. i would be very opposed to the death penalty. even for somebody like saddam who's responsible for the deaths of thousands. by killing him we become him. far better to lock them up in solitary for the rest of their life.
    • tripple-breve, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's sarcasm. Or not.
  • Silvercide, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Seemed to be very quick shame the same can not be said for his victims
  • Junkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Embalming video plz.
  • bdawg923, on 11/07/2007, -3/+37Bad quality. I think I'll just wait for the DVD-rip.
  • Mongoose, on 10/12/2007, -26/+7Can we add an NSFW to stuff like this please? It's fairly disturbing...
    • 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.
    • loriencfau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27You're seriously telling me that you couldn't figure out this was NSFW? Seriously?
    • MurderMystery, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2Hey Captain Obvious! How did you achieve the rank of captain?

      Are there safe-for-work snuff films out there?
    • ComputerGeekMat, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I think that the title of the topic should be enough to know that it is NSFW
    • mdnash, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5im pretty sure the word EXECUTION (in caps like that) is enough. if you are dumb enough to open this at work then you deserve whatever the consequences are
    • Prototek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Your an idiot if you didn't assume it was NSFW. It is clearly marked as a complete video of an execution.
    • anachronaut, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"Your an idiot"

      No, you're an idiot.
    • Erectus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0NSFW? How about recreational web browsing (aka Time Theft from your employer) is NSFW. This is history and as work safe as the discovery channel.
  • Maynza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Chilling.
  • 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.
    • CiXeL, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9i agree. society in the US has become so sick and corrupt that im not sure it can be turned around at this point.
      this is the state of a society in decline. i just dont know where i can run to when it hits the fan. where do good moral people exist in the world still?
    • mdigirol, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Agreed. You can't disagree that he is still human, and this is basically witnessing a human life being taken right in front of you. Like the other digg article said, the cameraman could see fear in his face and eyes. Is it just me, or do others think that American culture has become a lot about being blood thirsty and longing for violence, and violent material?

      It is disturbing. The man did kill many people, and maybe he got what was coming to him, but the milestone should be remembered; the fall and punishment of a dictator.....it shouldn't be remembered as "hey guys we hung Saddam, lets watch it back in slo-mo!"
    • wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I have to agree with you on that one. Even though I felt his death was well "deserved" I just don't see how it's an enjoyable sight.
    • sckoralesky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Let's all pretend "enjoy" is meant to be sarcastic for the good of mankind.
    • spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4"i agree. society in the US has become so sick and corrupt that im not sure it can be turned around at this point.
      this is the state of a society in decline. i just dont know where i can run to when it hits the fan. where do good moral people exist in the world still?"

      Err you're confused. The Americans caught him. The Iraqis decided to convict and sentence him to death, not the Americans.

      So it has nothing to do with your Society (I'm Canadian). This man killed many.... his people decided his fate. It's not American society that chose this.
    • spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3The americans caught him.

      The Iraquis decided to convict and sentence him to death, not the Americans.

      So it has nothing to do with your Society (Im Canadian). This man killed many.... his people decided his fate.
    • diehard2k5, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Is sarcasm dead to you people? Jeez.
    • yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Not enjoy real video of violence
      Do enjoy violent movies because movies are not real.

      Hmmm....
  • Sundownvf111, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3to all the "I lost my innocence from this clip" users

    what, you like fake life better than real life???

  • bruggerA, on 10/12/2007, -16/+11TEAM AMERICA ***** YEAH!
    • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Agreed.
      Life in prison is a worse punishment than execution.
      Plus, you can get info out of someone in prison.
      EDIT: WTF? Your original comment was you didnt want to see him dead.
    • wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@foolfromhell

      I agree as well. I have to say I would have prefered him being tortured (I know, thats pretty but but thats how I feel).
  • Sethwm2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+4Killed Thousands. Now he gets his
  • harusp3x, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Of course the camera man has to shake uncontrollably and do some retarded room sweeps. Just point the damn thing and hold it still.
  • Prometeus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The video is not complete, other sources claim it's about 15 minutes.
  • Universal, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1I was going to post this video, but you beat me to it. Oh well, saves me some time.
    • relentless1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's the same video.

      --- never mind.
    • knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3never mind. digg this down
  • zaprowsdower, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2While I don't agree with the death penalty... I'm glad he's dead.
  • happyperson, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5So is that everything fixed now? can we all go home?...





    ...didn't think so.
  • Nydas, on 10/12/2007, -10/+7Every time ive seen a video of someone die, ive always got a sick feeling in my stomach. Not this time though. Hope that dosent make me a bad person.
  • 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.
    • diggless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1also, I am not sure where I stand on the death penalty. I dont think i understand the moral or social implications enough to make a decision. However, that being said I do see a certain irony that some individuals deplore violence so much and hate violent people so much that they to become violent, thus becoming what they hate. Strikes me as a bit of a moral situation.

      I will absorb this video, these comments and think about how and where I stand on this issue. I dont expect to reach a decision, but I can think.
    • wulfflower, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2You need to see someone die in HD? Thats pretty sick... "OMG look at that we can see every strand on that rope!" Really, very sad.
    • knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5The official cameraman had an HDV camera. Rest your pointed little head that some head of state somewhere is enjoying watching all the fun and games on a widescreen plasma in all its glory. The low-resolution video is for the non-players in the world (that'd be the rest of us).
    • diggless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dont want to see them in HD, this low quality camera phone video just strikes me as useless.
      perhaps i was a bit unclear, I think there should be a high quality recording for the sake of answering questions. i don't NEED to see any of this.
    • aznaix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I agree, just knowing he is dead should be enough.
    • shyguy01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There was an official videographer with a "Sony HD Camera" (CNN) but this seems to be camphone from another angle
    • Gerz1219, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I read an article featuring an interview with the official cameraman. He was said to be a few feet from Saddam during the execution, with an HD camera. The footage was given to the PM and they were supposedly mulling over whether or not to release the tape. From the looks of this video, it's a bootleg from a cell phone camera, and whoever shot it was clearly emotionally involved in the proceedings and dropped to pray at least once. If you really need to see more, write to al-Maliki and ask him to release the HD version. [edit: looks like three people beat me to it while I was trying to find the CNN link]
    • diggless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I will pass on watching the HD video, I just figured it would be a good idea for histories sake and any possible legal or procedural questions that may come up.

      such as why would the Americans hand a prisoner of war over to his enemy? isn't that forbidden?
  • TGMD, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Although I find hanging and the death penalty to be deplorable I really do enjoy when a dictator (any dictator) is killed by the people he used to abuse...
  • 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.
  • chriscooley, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I wonder if this will get more diggs than the breaking news last night
  • tommah, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Jesus christ what is wrong with you people?
  • 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.
  • Toast1185, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I tried watching it but closed out just as the execution was beginning. Too graphic for me, I'll just take your word on it
  • 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.
    • tekmaktenor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Agreed. Despite it all we should take no pride as a species in this.
    • Chode2235, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0as mentioned above, it is believed to be a sarcastic statement. However, I'm glad its available, information wants to be free.
    • TGMD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why is it no one gets sarcasm any more?

      ...

      Who enjoys watching another person die!?

      (Although I'm glad he's dead)
  • sailorkayaker, on 10/12/2007, -12/+8Will we do the same to Gerorge W. Bush for his role in war crime
  • wallet55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1preliminary video. not the best, but kudos to the find
  • 77Bird, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0they need to learn to hold a camera steady.
  • aegion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7How is executing a 69 year old punishment? He already lived the full life of a billionaire who had everything go his way for decades. The only thing they did was save him from the angonies of old age and gradual decline by doing this.

    No matter what Saddam lived a good life. You can't go back in time and take all those fun years of power and money away from him.
    • sckoralesky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Nor will killing him help any of the people he killed, or their families, or Iraq, or the US. As long as one person can be killed as punishment, it can happen to all of us. Do we really trust the court system with our lives? I'd rather not.
  • anti-net, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Well that was quite sick! I'm glad Saddam is gone, But I don't agree with hanging people for there crimes.... Plus I think an American Jail would be worse than death for him.
  • Cramm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Baa, you don't even really see anything, you just see him drop, then lying on the ground of a couple of seconds.

    And you really have to pay attention to damn thing from the quality. Its like the guy couldn't keep the damn camera still for even a few seconds.
    • Jofaba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think anyone else was even supposed to be filming it, so he probably had to be discrete. People wanted to see it, now they see it. Then they complain about the quality. If you want quality, then wait until it's officially released with the HD camera version, or just be "happy" that you got to see SOMETHING. Sure, some indie film maker shot a movie on cameraphone, but it was still done with special lighting etc. This was a dark room and a very emotional time for everyone in the room. Whoever this person who recorded this is, was allowed in that room for a reason. He wasn't just some punk kid goofing off in the back. The fact that he even filmed it is odd, but like I said, I doubt he was supposed to. He probably shot it for his family and putting it online was an afterthought .

      Before you say "why would he shoot it for his family", realize that chances are some of the people in that room had family that were victimized by his regime.
  • klinellyred, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Ok....I can't watch it. I get a sick feeling in my stomach. At least he is dead
  • Visceral, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Karma. It can be a real bitch sometimes.
  • jacobo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4enjoy? why? he was a murder,,,, we are not murders
    • Gwilym, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Agreed. I won't try to "enjoy" anything of the sort.
    • knickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who're you kidding? By pressing for and condoning this, the States is as responsible as the guy who pulled the actual lever to send him on his way.
  • 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.
  • Tullers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5this is deffinitely in bad taste.
  • duketogo, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15How exciting. Hopefully George W. Bush will be hung next.
    • arenas46, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0LMAO my sentiments exactly

      ...my pants are tingling with excitement wo000p


      whoops dripped some sarcasm on my shirt

      COUGH
  • quacker23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0the swarm is getting bigger and bigger
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