Happy Dead Saddam Day

[Buffalo]

Armadillo, crunchy on the outside, smooth on the inside

Some masked chap was running through town today shouting,
Allah akbar! Allah akbar! Allah akbar!,
I was waiting for a big bang but no such thing happened.

When I win the lotto big time, I'm buying a small island and shutting myself off

[gustafo]

...When I win the lotto big time, I'm buying a small island and shutting myself off

lol

[100%]

what he knows is gone.

[Buffalo]

Saddam Hussein Fragment of noose Memorabilia

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Saddam-Hussein...QQcmdZViewItem

[j2k4]

what he knows is gone.

But we'd have had to torture him into divulging that.

[delimare]

Does anyone have a translation script of the dialogue or know the dialogue spoken during the execution? I've been using google but it hasn't wielded any results for me. I'd really love to know what everyone is chanting and what Saddam is saying right as they drop his sorry ass.

[Alien5]

Does anyone have a translation script of the dialogue or know the dialogue spoken during the execution? I've been using google but it hasn't wielded any results for me. I'd really love to know what everyone is chanting and what Saddam is saying right as they drop his sorry ass.

No but.....I found this so im not sure if he really did say it:

Saddam is saying, just before he drops, a fundamental statement of Islam, of which belief in it's meaning identifies one as a muslim. The statement is: "There is only one God and Mohammed is his prophet and final messenger"

I found the comment here:http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=863ce7d4a3&c=1&page=1

You can see the guard yell out... Guard- "You have made us live in destitude" Saddam counters -"I was the saviour of Iraq. I killed your enemies the Persian and the American." Guard- "God damn you" Saddam - "God damn you"

[Ava Estelle]

This trial and execution was a farce. The court was set up by the US, and Saddam was held by them until his execution.

He was charged with a crime that didn't involve another country, so there was no embarrassing evidence presented.

He was executed before he could be tried for crimes in which the US and other countries were implicit.

Now no-one will ask who supplied the chemicals used to attack Iran and the Kurds.

No-one will question whether or not the US gave tacit support to Saddam's invasion of Kuwait.

Let's execute him quickly and get it over and done with.

Why the rush? Is it because there is too much evidence against the US to allow him to be tried for crimes against humanity?

He should have been sent to The Hague and tried by the International Court of Justice, and every ex-leader of every country that aided him should have been put on trial with him.

This was a victory for those who escaped justice, no-one else.

[DanB]

Translation of Arabic subtitles accompanying the latest execution footage when broadcast on al-Jazeera TV station:

[Saddam] Oh God.

[Voices] May God's blessings be upon Muhammad and his household.

[Voices] And may God hasten their appearance and curse their enemies.

[Voices] Moqtada [Al-Sadr]...Moqtada...Moqtada.

[Saddam] Do you consider this bravery?

[Voice] Long live Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.

[Voice] To hell.

[Voice] Please do not. The man is being executed. Please no, I beg you to stop.

[Saddam] There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God. There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad...

apparently.

[Snee]

This thread is bad karma.

It's not our place to judge

I agree.

Sure, by all accounts he was a very bad man, and most likely deserved it.
But I'd leave the judging to people who were there, or who was appointed to judge him (not that those people did a good job, either. and doesn't that bode well for the future ).

None of us have the right.

And as for people enjoying watching him die, over and over...why?