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Saddam To Be Hanged On Sunday

By Rob on December 28, 2006 at 05:19 pm
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Or perhaps as early as Friday.

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday, NBC News reported Thursday. According to a U.S. military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity, Saddam will be hanged before the start of the Eid religious holiday, which begins this Sunday.

The hanging could take place as early as Friday, NBC’s Richard Engel reported.

The U.S. military received a formal request from the Iraqi government to transfer Saddam to Iraqi authorities, NBC reported on Thursday, which is one of the final steps required before his execution. His sentence, handed down last month, ordered that he be hanged within 30 days.

Good riddance, as far as I’m concerned.  No need for unnecessary delays, arguments to the contrary aside.

Update: It’s to be videotaped too.

How long, I wonder, until that hits YouTube?

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Avatar for Zsa Zsa

It is about time! ...

Zsa Zsa on December 29, 2006 at 07:47 am
Bat One

Allah Pundit is reporting the Saddam is to be hanged this afternoon at 4pm EST (midnight, Iraq), and that the former dictator has already been transferred to the Iraqis for execution at an unknown location.

“Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.”

Bat One on December 29, 2006 at 10:22 am
The Whistler

I’m going to miss him.

What’s going to happen to US industry when the global warming extremists like John McCain double the price of electricity?  I would think all these factories will close and set up in countries where they aren’t scared of technology.

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The Whistler on December 29, 2006 at 10:30 am
Avatar for Zsa Zsa

I am beginning to think it would be interesting to see how defiant Saddam will be at his execution. He has been such a wild man all through his trial. It just makes me wonder if he will continue his same old ways?

Zsa Zsa on December 29, 2006 at 10:32 am
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