Comments on: Saddam's Iraq and his Execution

Saddam's Iraq and his Execution

Postroad — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:55:03 -0800

Saddam"s Iraq and his Execution Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Topics include international press coverage, how the execution technique was selected, summary executions under Saddam's regime, history of execution pictures, and brief descriptions of several forms of hanging. Also includes background about Saddam's relationship with the United States. But how did he come to power? Here, a concise history, from beginning to the present

By: phaedon

phaedon — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:59:30 -0800

this is linked in the first link, and an excellent resource for anyone writing about the legal process used to judge dujail.

By: sierray

sierray — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:22:20 -0800

For the short version here's a video. [Flash and sound warning].

By: pax digita

pax digita — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:33:02 -0800

Not that I'm into snuff films, but did the unexpurgated cell-phone video make it onto the 'Net in its entirety?

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:38:00 -0800

I'd like to see a page dealing with the proper etiquette of state murder. I think this is critical since so much the objections to how Saddam was killed seem to hinge on questions of attire and the proper tone and content of conversation during a killing. In the absence of an Iraqi agony aunt how is one supposed to know? So much vital experience was lost in the de-baathification and in the absence of a good intranet this kind of institutional is lost. Bygones.

By: srboisvert

srboisvert — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:39:33 -0800

institutional knowledge that is....

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:42:48 -0800

Not that I'm into snuff films, but did the unexpurgated cell-phone video make it onto the 'Net in its entirety? If by 'in it's entirety' you mean approximately three minutes, then yes. I linked to it in the previous Saddam execution thread here.

By: Operation Afterglow

Operation Afterglow — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:19:57 -0800

Goodnight, Sunniman.

By: j-urb

j-urb — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:41:47 -0800

I think Machiavelli argued best when he said that necessary cruelty which kills some is better than exercising no cruelty at all and allowing a multitude to die.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:07:16 -0800

But this was unnecessary cruelty that is likely to inflame an already volatile situation and cause more people to die.

By: j-urb

j-urb — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:22:14 -0800

Indeed, I was just thinking of when Saddam was in power.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:48:07 -0800

Shouldn't the US have handed him over with sone ceremony, to people in suits or uniforms? They gave him up to people in leather jackets and ski masks. "Oh, you guys in ski masks must be here for the former dictator. Here you go. Make sure he dies, OK!" What a crock of shit. But I guess that we should be lucky that we still have a crock.