It's Curtains for Saddam

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:49 am

Appeals Court Upholds Saddam Hussein's Death Sentence
Tuesday, December 26, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi appeals court has upheld the death sentence imposed on Saddam Hussein at his first trial, Iraq's national security adviser said Tuesday, and a tribunal official said the verdict will be carried out even if the presidency doesn't ratify it.

"The appeals court approved the verdict to hang Saddam," Mouwafak al-Rubaie told The Associated Press.

On Nov. 5, an Iraqi court sentenced Saddam to the gallows for the 1982 killings of 148 people from a Shiite Muslim town after an attempt on his life there.

The appeals court decision must be ratified by President Jalal Talabani and Iraq's two vice presidents. Talabani opposes the death penalty but has in the past deputized a vice president to sign an execution order on his behalf — a substitute that was legally accepted.

Once the decision is ratified, Saddam and other co-defendants sentenced to death at the trial would be hanged within 30 days.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 2:01 pm

Ever thus to tyrants!!!!

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:58 pm

I am 99% against the death penalty but it is 100% o.k for Saddam.

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:48 pm

yeah, governments putting people to death scares shloemoe...

but monsters aint peoples....I figures.
(shloemoe notice there no emoticon for fear?)

The Rizen shloemoe · Post by **The Rizen shloemoe** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 2:44 pm

Not long now...(12-29-06)....can you imagine
going to your exicution?...shloemoe emphamize
not symphazise(what?)...I figure Im probably
qualified to go to hell when I die(classic-judeao/
christian qualifiers)..but it dont seem right to have
to spend an eternity in torment with somebody
like sudaam who is SO overly qualified...

...the logic breaksdown....

a toast!!!...lets hope his death brings some relief
to one fucked up place on this planet..you doubt?
...oh well sounds like a good reason for a toast
anyways!

Glenn · Post by **Glenn** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:09 pm

Well he is gone.

Good riddance to bad rubbish I say.

I agree, hopefully some good wil come for the people of Iraq.

It is a tragic situation.

Hopefully the US can stay on target and capture Osama.