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I was under the impression that he would be executed in Jan....Fox News just announced that the execution will happen in a min from now.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389128/
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The official witnesses to Saddam Hussein’s impending execution gathered Friday in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone in final preparation for his hanging, as state television broadcast footage of his regime’s atrocities.
The Iraqi government readied all the necessary do ents, including a “red card” — an execution order introduced during Saddam’s dictatorship — even as Saddam’s lawyers asked a U.S. judge for a stay of execution.
The Pentagon said U.S. forces, always on high alert in Iraq, were braced for any upsurge in violence from Sunni insurgents loyal to Saddam.
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A U.S. judge refused late Friday to stop the execution, rejecting a last-minute court challenge by the former Iraqi president.
"Pe ioner Hussein's application for immediate, temporary stay of execution is denied," U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in Washington after a hearing over the telephone with attorneys.
An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday ET. Also to be hanged at that time were Saddam’s half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, the adviser said.
The time was agreed upon during a meeting between U.S. and Iraqi officials, said the adviser, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
“The time has been agreed upon. It will be done by 6 o’clock in the morning,” the adviser said. “The agreement was reached during a meeting between Iraqi and American officials. Saddam will be handed over shortly before the execution.”
Earlier reports said al-Maliki feared fueling religious tensions if Saddam were executed during Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday that starts Saturday.
An execution during Eid would be highly symbolic. The feast marks the sacrifice the prophet Abraham was prepared to make when God ordered him to kill his son and many Shiites could regard Saddam’s death as a gift from God. Such symbolism could further anger Sunnis, who are resentful of new Shiite power.
Al-Maliki said earlier in the day there could be “no review or delay” in carrying out the sentence after an appeals court this week upheld a verdict delivered on Nov. 5.
Najeeb al-Nueimi, a member of Saddam’s legal team, said U.S. authorities were maintaining physical custody of Saddam to prevent him from being humiliated before his execution. He said the Americans also want to prevent the mutilation of his corpse, as has happened to other deposed Iraqi leaders.
“The Americans want him to be hanged respectfully,” al-Nueimi said. If Saddam is humiliated publicly or his corpse ill-treated, “that could cause an uprising, and the Americans would be blamed,” he said.
One senior Iraqi government official told Reuters that U.S. troops would hand Saddam over only “when he climbs the gallows.” Saddam has been held at a U.S. base near Baghdad airport, but the place of execution has been kept secret.
I was under the impression that he would be executed in Jan....Fox News just announced that the execution will happen in a min from now.
I'm waiting........
RIP my !
Fox News just stated Saddam has been hung...he is dead. As per Al Arabiya
I got a new shirt coming out with the slogan "Wanna hang with Saddam?"
DONT BITE IT! look for it in your local mom and pops stores coming january 07
CNN is reporting the same
"I was hanging with Saddam December 29th, 2006"
hasta la vista sucker...
RIP to one of the greatest leaders ever
Still waiting for official confirmation by someone in the Iraqi government. Unofficial reports are coming from Al Arabyia
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ein/index.html
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Hussein executed, Iraqi TV stations report
POSTED: 10:19 p.m. EST, December 29, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, according to two Arabic language media outlets.
Hussein was hanged before dawn on Saturday in Iraq, at about 6 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET), the U.S.-backed Al-Hurra television reported.
CNN's Aneesh Raman, Arwa Damon, Ryan Chilcote, Sam Dagher, Jomana Karadsheh and Ed Henry contributed to this report.
I don't know what to think about the outcome to follow...
Sorry brah, I took pictures on my cell phone's camera to post them on the internet after I died, but guess what? They were right, you really can't take it with you... Sorry brah.
Have you seen my Molly?
Pics and video is pending...the execution was videotaped and photograped. Of course Networks have to view the images prior to broadcasting for what is acceptable. I personally would be doing an online search of the Arabic News stations, they will more than likely show the video in full of the execution.
Molly? Banged her once and her grandma twice since I've been here, brah.
And there's your number three.
And here's your sign! I love that Larry the Cable Guy, too.
I was just thinking the same thing. But does it count since we already knew it was coming?
Yes.
Dude, I had a feeling your were a Lakers fan.
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