Samurai Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Angry, shaking and defiant, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death this morning by hanging for ordering the massacre of Iraqi civilians."Allahu Akbar!" (God is Greatest) and "Long live the nation!", he shouted, pointing defiantly at the judge as the verdict was delivered.Looking away in disgust, and then staring angrily back at the judge he continued to shout "Long live the people and death to their enemies. Long live the glorious nation, and death to its enemies!"He had refused to stand for the verdict and had to be lifted to his feet by two court bailiffs."Make him stand," the judge ordered as the former president stayed seated.He then stood in silence and waited for his fate to be announced to the world.Saddam was convicted of ordering the deaths of 148 Shia men and teenage boys in the town of Dujail in 1982.The killings followed a failed assassination attempt against him and were intended to act as a grim warning to others not to oppose him.Saddam was on trial with seven co-accused:Awad Hamed al Bander, former chief judge in Saddam's Revolutionary Court, has been sentenced to hang Saddam's half-brother Barzan al Tikriti, head of the feared Mukhabarat intelligence service, was sentenced to hang Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan was sentenced to life in prison Three Ba'ath party officials were sentenced to 15 years in prison Abdullah Kazim Ruwayyid, former Ba'ath official, given15 years Mizhar Abdullah Ruwayyid, former Ba'ath official, given 15 years Ali Dayih Ali, former Ba'ath official, given 15 years Mohammed Azawi Ali, a Ba'ath party official in Dujail, was cleared.Saddam is in the middle of a second crimes against humanity trial and the appeal against the Dujail death sentence will start on Monday, taking two months.He had wanted to face a firing squad - that request was refused.Celebratory gunfire echoed across Baghdad while fighting broke out in the north of the city.Saddam's lawyer said the former president urged Iraqis "not to take revenge" on the US coalition and to "unify in the face of sectarian strike".Sporadic violence has been reported in other parts of the country.Amnesty International described the trial as a "shabby affair marred by serious flaws".Security was stepped up in the capital in anticipation of a violent reaction to the verdict. Sunni supporters predicted a "firestorm" of violence.Saddam, who was captured by US forces in December 2003, is still seen as the figurehead of many of the insurgent Sunni groups conducting a campaign of terror against Coalition troops and Iraqi civilians.Defence minister Abdul Qader al Obeidi cancelled all army leave and recalled security forces already on holiday.The trial is the first that Saddam has faced in the wake of his downfall.It has been punctuated by walkouts, boycotts, hunger-strikes by Saddam and his co-defendants, the murder of three lawyers and the sacking of the original trial judge, who announced in court that he did not believe Saddam was a dictator.It is possible the former Iraqi president's other trials for genocide and war crimes could now be brought forward.Source: Sky NewsWikipedia: Trial Of Saddam Hussein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyo Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 in my country, iraki refugees interviewed by the television showed their disgust at the manner the process was conducted, saddam should have been judged by an iraki islamic court.as a muslim, i believe this is just one more mistake made by the (mostly) anglo-american coalition-in their fight for peace =)) 'round the world. yes, a small one, nevertheless a mistake.in the bible, god says "vengeance is mine".human beings enjoy acting as "judges", in their lust for this vengeance that is not theirs for the taking, none of them thinking that they will end up, in the end, being the judged ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 He should have been tried in an international court in a neutral venue..Anyway American elections are near :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder-GOLD Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 in my country, iraki refugees interviewed by the television showed their disgust at the manner the process was conducted, saddam should have been judged by an iraki islamic court.as a muslim, i believe this is just one more mistake made by the (mostly) anglo-american coalition-in their fight for peace =)) 'round the world. yes, a small one, nevertheless a mistake.in the bible, god says "vengeance is mine".human beings enjoy acting as "judges", in their lust for this vengeance that is not theirs for the taking, none of them thinking that they will end up, in the end, being the judged ones.I agree. Oh yeah Sadam killed innocents civil. But there're hard rumors that the attacks of the 11S was planned in USA. There're some Videos as LAST CHANGE. this video will make you think that Bush isn't an angel. He isn't the good person that he try to sell us. for me he's other assassin. of course I've not proof, but something say me that he is the only guilty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I agree. Oh yeah Sadam killed innocents civil. But there're hard rumors that the attacks of the 11S was planned in USA. There're some Videos as LAST CHANGE. this video will make you think that Bush isn't an angel. He isn't the good person that he try to sell us. for me he's other assassin. of course I've not proof, but something say me that he is the only guiltyDid u mean Loose Change ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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