The Death Of Saddam Hussein

Well it eventually happened , the so called government of Iraq , after a 'trial' decided to sentence Saddam Hussein , the ex tyrant of Iraq, to death for his guilt of crimes against humanity with regard to events that took place after a failed assassination attempt on him in Dujail in 1982.Specific charges included the murder of 148 people, torture of women and children and the illegal arrest of 399 others .

On November 5, 2006, Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging. On December 26, Saddam's appeal was rejected and the death sentence upheld. No further appeals were taken and Saddam was ordered to be executed within 30 days of that date. The date and place of the execution was secret until the sentence was carried out on the 30th December .

It was a globally public execution . We were bombarded with footage on the mainstream tv channels of Saddam Hussein having the noose placed around his neck by masked men . These images were repeatedly broadcast with no further scenes but that of the noose being placed around his neck . After the execution took place , footage from mobile phone video cameras was 'leaked' or released on the internet .This showed his executioners taunting him and the trap door opening , and eventually his body laid flat . I let morbid curiousity get the better of me and though I have never viewed anything like this before over the internet , found it very distasteful. The irony for his enemies though was that however much of an evil ruthless dictator the man was, he did appear to face his final moments with what many would hate to admit was dignity and courage .

So the Iraqi hand-puppet show of a democracy apparently carried out the whole farce , (not the USA military of course ). Yet the media tools of the establishment although pedalling this myth as if it were true , in the same breath kept on repeating that Saddam Hussein was 'handed over ' to the Iraqi goverment for execution . What was the U.S. military doing 'holding'him and doing just about everything else to him up to now?

So he is now dead , after a very dodgy trial to say the least. Now what many people with some common sense are asking themselves is why was the man put to death so quickly and why was the main charge that warranted the speedy death penalty , with respect to the victims, a relatively minor crime compared to the bombing of Halabjah and gassing of 5,000 Kurdish villagers of i988? .

Why wasn't he tried for this major mass murder ? Could it be because the American , British and many other governments would have been seen to be complicit in these crimes by encouraging , arming and generally doing business with him for their own interests against the bogey man of the time , Iran ?


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Well it looks very much like it to me. Imagine Saddam being asked by a neutral judge (if that were possible)to testify in detail about these crimes and why he perpertrated them , and with whose help ? Of course it would be very embarrassing eventhough the major criminals ; his paymasters would still not have any shame whatsoever. They are a total disgrace and if they were to go to the gallows themselves for what crimes they are responsible for , I doubt if they would take it in the neck as bravely as Saddam did .

Does not this show to the world if anything that killing and state execution is barbaric full stop?

Surely it would have been more appropriate and civilised to maintain this criminal alive in a prison for the rest of his days? I wonder whether the implications of complicity not withstanding , that this is what America and and its British subsidiary really wanted ? For now the anger is raging thoughout many quarters of the Arabic speaking world and not necessarily because they are supporters of Hussein. There is a bigger principle here and it is to do with the demonstration and abuse of an oligarchic power that knows no rule of law outside its own agenda.

What unfolds next in Iraq is anybody's guess , the 'Crusaders' of peace justice and democracy have their attention on Iran at the moment. Regardless of the immense amount of suffering they have caused in Iraq , the scoundrels are beginning other plans and are gradually starting to dress them up with the same clothing via various sound bytes and mantras ,repeatedly chanted by their media , just like the clothes they wore last time!


A public demonstration is being arranged against these warlike intentions sometime in London this February . I never go to demonstrations like this , but due to the extent that our oligarchy has gone to in not listening to its subjects , I am
seriously considering to make an appearance.