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Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death by Hanging

nytimes.com — Iraq's High Tribunal found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity on Sunday and sentenced him to die by hanging.

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  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -114/+459Saddam Hussein: Sentenced to death for the 1982 killings of 148 Iraqi people in the town of Dujail.

    G.W. Bush: President of the most powerful nation on earth after presiding over an illegal war based on lies that has killed over 650,000 Iraqi civilians.
  • Schpariel, on 10/12/2007, -149/+466I want George W Bush to be hanged for the same crimes.
  • rebuilder, on 10/12/2007, -26/+261"Hanging is a little medieval isn't it?"

    Yea, unlike execution in general.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+214http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5781/omgmc5.png

    Holy ***** wtf.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -22/+217Fantastic... can we bring home the troops now?
  • noreturn, on 10/12/2007, -13/+196The verdict itself is no surprise; let's wait and see if they actually follow through.
  • Nistavar, on 10/12/2007, -20/+176Can't wait to see it on Youtube! ^_^
  • guregu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+145CNN International is stating that if Saddam loses his appeal, he must be executed within 30 days.
  • dreimanis, on 10/12/2007, -17/+140capital punishment is when you kill a man, who has killed a man, to show that killing is absolutely wrong.
  • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -8/+104But think of the wonderful relationship he and Satan will have in the coming years.
  • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -10/+95"...former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, was ejected from the courtroom after handing the judge a memorandum in which he called the trial a travesty." !
  • Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -30/+110Good to hear, sorta. I mean, I don't really support the killing of another person, even if he has caused many deaths. I would personally sentence him to life, and not give him any sorts of luxuries like he got when we were holding him.


    Saddam:
    Halabja: 5,000
    1991 uprisings: 10,000

    = 15,000 (Approx)

    Bush:
    Iraq: 45,000-50,000


    So when does Bush go on trial?


    Don't think I'm not a supporter of our troops or anything. Hell, my brother-in-law came back three days ago! But, if Saddam is being executed for ordering killings...

    I'll know I'll probably get dugg down for this, but I really don't care.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+82my thoughts exactly. i thought about posting this story just now as well, but figured it would be good to check first. looks like all the other asshats just couldnt stand being beaten to the punch.
  • Kizzle, on 10/12/2007, -6/+79+1 digg for not using "BREAKING" in the title.
  • noreturn, on 10/12/2007, -7/+69Whoops. Excuse me for being an uninformed attention whore. I guess I'm still cynical from the whole Milosevic fiasco.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+74uhhhh. i didnt post the damn story did i? an asshat is someone who actually did without without checking and showing respect for the others that came first
  • thomasprebble, on 10/12/2007, -74/+131Lets hang Bush too. I thought your country gave the death penalty for the killing of ONE let alone 655 000.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+62Satan: *seeing Saddam raise a dildo* Oh c'mon, you know that's inappropriate.
    Saddam: C'mon! It's fake! *throws out dildo*
  • Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -11/+57The absolute worst torture is being alone. The human psyche can't handle it. Put him in solitary for life.
  • warlord, on 10/12/2007, -8/+49Gonna get me a Hung like Saddam tshirt
  • Eleo, on 10/12/2007, -6/+47I don't see how torture will solve anything.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+49@ guregu

    That is correct, even if, in 30 days, he is in trial on an appeal. Wonder if it will actually happen.
  • QuorumCall, on 10/12/2007, -5/+44Sucks to be him
  • pandaboy99, on 10/12/2007, -14/+53Has anyone realized this perfectly coincides with elections and the Republican parties master plan to turn the tides in their favor?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40@ noreturn:

    No offense intended, just adding what I had heard. I myself wonder if it will be carried out. The next 30 days will be dark ones, regardless of the outcome. I hope that there is minimal violence as a result of the sentence, although the current state of things seems to suggest otherwise. I hope for the best for those unlucky enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time in the following days.
  • growlzor, on 10/12/2007, -6/+43hoorah! Saddam is gone now we are safe... oh wait Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11 and us invading Iraq created thousands of suicide bombers... eff my life
  • ggko, on 10/12/2007, -3/+40Some people don't bother to search, plain and simple. I can understand the first few ... you check, see no stories, and while you're typing up your submission, 3 others are doing the same.

    But the story is over a half hour old and people are still submitting it.
  • 4Prophecy, on 10/12/2007, -15/+48Except the 45000-50000 is Bush's OWN estimate. Recent reports cite up to 600,000 - more than even Saddam's highest estimate.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+39I suppose that lessens our chances of ever seeing Saddam: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Iraq
  • yukevster, on 10/12/2007, -15/+46State Execution is a barbarous and inhumane remnant of humanities past. It still continues to be acted out in third world nations and..... the United Sates of America. Why?

    I think Borat has shown us that in his movie. It's not just outrageous comedy it's a bold comment on American civilization and it's primitiveness.
  • bryanedds, on 10/12/2007, -6/+36Ahh... just in time for the elections!
  • Dundasbro, on 10/12/2007, -45/+75Hanging is a little medieval isn't it? You would think that they would have a more humane way to execute people
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+37saddam was evil no doubt
    but the trial was a joke
    Someone explain why he isnt in the hague..
    Saddam had many of his lawyers killed, he is being tried by the very people he hurt... and charged with "crimes against humanity" and yet wasnt tried by the world court? TO use a tony snow remark.. i mean come on. WE should at least act like we are being fair. I have no doubt the hague would find him guilty, that isnt the point. and no i dont give a crap about saddam, that also isnt the point. It is americans image of freedom and fairness that is the point. That is why a fomer US attorney Gerneral was the lawyer on saddams side, not that he supported saddam but he actually believed in the rule of law and that even the worst people on the planet deserve a fair trial..
    ALso the us is the only non thrid world nation with the death penalty.. it is barbaric to become evil to fight evil. It justifies killing and i think that is the main reason he is not in the hague.
    also like you hear so often from both sides in this election, the timing is rather suspcious
    we will hear nothing but how this is a turning point right up till we vote
  • littlebylittle, on 10/12/2007, -15/+45Hmmm. The timing of the verdict hitting the US News Cycle, November 5th, somehow seems suspect to me. I just can't put my finger on it.
  • foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -10/+39"I want George W Bush to be hanged for the same crimes."
    Expect a visit from the FBI. That girl who said "Kill Bush" on her MySpace got a visit. Just be on the guard.
  • finite, on 10/12/2007, -10/+39I don't see how killing Saddam Hussein will solve anything either.

    Is this execution expected to deter other people from doing similarly bad things as he is said to have done?
  • MrZop, on 10/12/2007, -12/+41I know i'll get Dugg down. But seriously, you people bitch and complain about all the dupes. Yet when somebody posts a dupe link to the original story you say "***** You" or "Nobody Cares" and that link gets dugg down like -35. yet you bitch about all the dupes, you don't support the original. and if you don't support the original, people will always submit obvious dupes hoping they get front page instead of the original.

    anyway. glad he's going to be "Apple-Tree'd'
  • Crazyiodudo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+33You didn't actually think he would be proven innocent.

    I doubt he'll allow himself to live for the hanging. This man still believe he's the President of Iraq. He'll attempt suicide.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30One of the stipulations of the verdict is that it must be carried out in 30 days - even if he is currently appealing the decision.
  • eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28half an hour is nothing! this will be going on for the next 12 hours as people wake up.
  • omababy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31just in time for the US elections too...
  • devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -12/+37I'm not digging you down, but your numbers are way off. Do a little google (frankly I'm tired as hell and too lazy to cite some things) to find that Saddam's crimes were more far reaching than that. He's responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, though he may have "only" directly ordered a fraction of them.

    I think Bush should be on trial too, but it's in our interest to be objective, and Bush, as far as we know, hasn't _directly ordered_ the mass murder of civilians - only indirectly allowed it. Still disgusting and reprehensible, but as the better men it's our job to be fair and just.
  • nobodyshero, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28"Hanging is a little medieval isn't it?"

    No more so than, say, feeding your enemies feet first through a plastic shredder.
  • Schpariel, on 10/12/2007, -20/+40@RangerRuss:

    Thanks for the tip, my country IS controlled by an "evil dictator". And I would never ask the US to liberate me, I'm happy and my life is better than most Iraqis right now. And OMGWTF I can POST ON DIGG and browse the internets freely!!

    The price of total freedom in Iraq was too high.. Societies evolve and adopt democracy when they're ready for it, "Liberating" and forcing democracy upon any country is BS.

    It would take a very long time to make Iraq stable again.
  • michaelbeckham, on 10/12/2007, -5/+26Just in time for elections! Now watch the Republicans use this for their advantage....
  • mks06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22The appeal is an automatic part of the process. Once the trial is over the appeal is the next step, mainly concentration on the process and fairness of the trial. It wasn't his decision, it's the way the system works over there.
  • CiXeL, on 10/12/2007, -16/+36the irony that bush killed more iraqis than saddam did and he's not on trial
  • dime, on 10/12/2007, -10/+28"Hanging is a little medieval isn't it? You would think that they would have a more humane way to execute people"

    ... because a region that chops your hands off for stealing is concerned with being humane...
  • Awap, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22@nobodyshero
    Actually I think plastic shredders are a pretty recent invention.
  • usbserial, on 10/12/2007, -4/+21I agree with Jolene. I can't imagine anything worse than being stuck in an 8 by 8 cell with no window or light of any kind... pitch black 24/7. Crappy food 3 times a day, a toilet, and a bare floor. No luxuries of any kind. Just the bare minimum to keep him alive and his brain as unoccupied as possible.

    I cannot imagain the boredom that would occur over the course of many years.
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