Andy (Executive Editor) | December 29, 2006 - 7:44 pm
News:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Some Arab media, including Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya and the U.S.-financed Al-Hurra, reported about an hour before daylight Saturday (about 10 p.m. EST Friday) that Saddam had been executed. State-run Iraqiya television cited reports of Saddam’s hanging, but like the other television stations did not provide sources.
There was no confirmation from the Iraqi government.
A U.S. judge on Friday refused to stop Saddam’s execution, rejecting a last-minute court challenge.
Views:
Well, the time came and went, and if the reports are in fact true, I think this is going to be a very good day for Iraq. Do I smell a potential national holiday? Maybe not, but this should be interesting.
What I want to know is where the pictures and video that was promised are? The will be the ultimate proof and until then we will have no solid confirmation.
Common Sense:
Keep watching the news and scouring the web for more information, I guess. And don’t trust anything until sources are given.
December 29th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
The execution of S. Hussein does not comply with god’s counsel to “Judge not least ye be judged”.
It also does not show social intelligence as it relates to demonstrating any higher intelligence and any evolution of civilization. To limit punishment to life imprisonment would be the only balanced approach to the issue of Hussein’s punishment
So kill on. Kill and be killed.
December 29th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
I see where you’re going, Erwin, but with someone as terrible as Saddam it is almost more of a symbolic thing anyway. They have overcome the terror and evil that he stood for.