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FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD > NATIONAL Saddam Captured ‘Like a Rat’ in Raid Sunday, December 14, 2003 BAGHDAD, Iraq — Without firing a single shot, U.S. forces captured Saddam Hussein (search) as he hid in the bottom of a hole at a farmhouse near Tikrit on Saturday. "Ladies and gentlemen, we got [...]

McClatchy reports on this report from the National Defense University which calls the Iraq war “a major debacle.” They write that, “The report carries considerable weight because it was written by Joseph Collins, a former senior Pentagon official, and was based in part on interviews with other former senior defense and intelligence officials who played [...]

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An upcoming joint US-Israel report on the September 6 IAF strike on a Syrian facility will claim that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein transferred weapons of mass destruction to the country, Channel 2 stated Monday. And you know the mainstream press.Via The Jawa Report

Before he was alleged to have become a spy for Saddam Hussein's regime, Muthanna Al-Hanooti's charity work and political activism provided him with access to the highest echelons of government. Newsletters collected by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, some published now for the first time, show Al-Hanooti photographed with dignitaries ranging from First Lady Hillary Clinton in 1996 and Vice President Al Gore along with significant members of Congress. For never before published photos of al-Hanooti's...(read more)

Following the indictment of former CAIR-Michigan leader Muthanna Al-Hanooti, more details emerge about Saddam Hussein’s funding of propaganda trips to Iraq—and which US politicians went along on those trips: US: Saddam Paid for Lawmakers’ Iraq Trip. Saddam...

On Wednesday the unsealed Justice Department indictment against Muthanna Al-Hanooti-a top official for a Detroit based Muslim charity called Life for Relief-reflects that Saddam Hussein’s principal foreign intelligence paid for a 2002 widely criticized visit to Iraq by three House Democrats.Al-Hanooti is charged with conspiring to act as an agent of the Iraqi government, violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by illegally obtaining the Iraqi oil contract, and three counts of making false statements to FBI agents.Al-Hanooti, who was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport Tuesday night after returning from a trip to the Middle East is said to have planned and organized the trip of House Democrats Jim McDermott of Washington State, Mike Thompson of California and the no

~Snooper~Democrats were in league with Saddam Hussein in pre-war times...imagine that.Pre-war? What pre-war? Do they mean before Saddam invaded Kuwait? Nope. Prior to the beginning of the hostilities to finish that what Saddam started in 1990, it seems that Saddam "bribed" some congressional democrats and financed a trip to Iraq. Imagine that.Let the spin begin. Poor Colmes is spinning like a Bad Dog at the moment on Hannity and Colmes. What a leftist putz.WASHINGTON - Three U.S. lawmakers made a trip to Iraq that was secretly financed by Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a Michigan nonprofit group, of arranging for the members

The fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq should lead us to focus on two inescapable but unfashionable truths: that Israel is marginal to most conflict in the Middle East and certainly not the cause of Islamist hostility to the West; and that Saddam Hussein was not only a bloodthirsty tyrant of but an inveterate supporter of terror.

Good post from Ed at Hotair, and interesting article from the Wall Street Journal WSJ: Saddam-terrorist connections get no media coverage Five years on, few Iraq myths are as persistent as the notion that the Bush Administration invented a connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. Yet a new Pentagon report suggests that Iraq’s links [...]

Five years on, few Iraq myths are as persistent as the notion that the Bush Administration invented a connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. Yet a new Pentagon report suggests that Iraq's links to world-wide terror networks, including al Qaeda, were far more extensive than previously understood.

Haaretz reports today on the release of Iraqi documents concerning Saddam's target list within Israel, as well as other aspects of the dead dictator's plans.With only about 15% of the Iraqi documents seized after the...

Saddam Look-Alike Hypnotizes a Suggestible Italian Clerk out of cash They say he looks like a combination of Rasputin and Saddam Hussein and that he is able to hypnotize checkout girls into giving him cash, in other words, a mesmerizing robber now hunted by the Italian police. Rasputin-Saddam Hypnotist (wearing a scruffy gray charcoal corduroy suit) In the [...]

Saddam Look-Alike Hypnotizes a Suggestible Italian Clerk out of cashThey say he looks like a combination of Rasputin and Saddam Hussein and that he is able to hypnotize checkout girls into giving him cash, in other words, a mesmerizing robber now hunted by the Italian police.Rasputin-Saddam Hypnotist (wearing a scruffy gray charcoal corduroy suit)In the world of hypnosis there are subjects who are deemed more "suggestible" to the hypnotist. We wondered what criteria the man wanted by the Italian police used to scope out his potential targets and just how was he able to "hypnotize" these women into handing over the cash in their supermarket drawer.Read the rest of Saddam Look-Alike Hypnotizes Italian Women Out of Cash at DBKP.com.by LBGSource: Saddam Look-Alike Hypnotizes Italian Women Out

Only the worst kind of idiot thinks that Saddam had no ties to terrorism, or al Qaeda. I have covered this topic extensively on my show (more so than any other talk show host), and on my other blog... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Five years after the US invasion, no one misses Saddam, but some Baghdadis are nostalgic for the relative freedom and stability they had before the Americans came.Saddam's 24-year reign of terror ended in spring 2003. What followed, say Iraqis, was a brief period of freedom and prosperity before their nation fell apart.The situation in Iraq on the eve of the anniversary of "Operation Iraqi Freedom" has both opponents and supporters of the American military campaign puzzled. The body of a Catholic archbishop is found near the northern city of Mosul, and yet the US embassy in Baghdad is holding a flea market as if it were peacetime.The United States has been in Iraq longer than it fought in World War II. Only a quarter of the US citizens knows 4,000 American soldiers were killed in Iraq. Acc

Green light to invade Kuwait ← Older revision Revision as of 13:22, 17 March 2008 Line 40: Line 40: <br/> <br/> ==Green light to invade Kuwait== ==Green light to invade Kuwait== - {{seealso|Invasion of Kuwait|April Glaspie}}   [[Image:Glaspie_hussein.jpg|thumb|right|Glaspie was accused of sending soft messages to Saddam]] [[Image:Glaspie_hussein.jpg|thumb|right|Glaspie was accused of sending soft messages to Saddam]] - Some believe that [[George H. W. Bush|president Bush]] gave Saddam the green light to invade [[Kuwait]]. <ref name="NYT2">[ Foreign Affairs; A Bush Green Light to Iraq?]</ref> + Some believe that [[George H. W. Bush|president Bush]] gav

I know, I know, the mainstream cliche is to believe that Saddam couldn’t possibly have had any ties to radical Islam. This is something the left throws around as factual information, when in fact, the negative has never been proven. We just haven’t found any evidence until now. they completely ignore any [...]

An exhaustive Pentagon-backed study of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents seized after the 2003 US-led invasion has found no direct link between Saddam Hussein's government and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.      The alleged link was one of the main reasons given by the US for going to war with Iraq and the then defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, had said there was "bulletproof" evidence of

Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam and al QaidaExcerpt:"An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network.The Pentagon-sponsored study, scheduled for release later this week, did confirm that Saddam's regime provided some support to other terrorist groups, particularly in the Middle East, U.S. officials told McClatchy. However, his security services were directed primarily against Iraqi exiles, Shiite Muslims, Kurds and others he considered enemies of his regime."

Supporters of the Iraq war have justified the war because of disputed claims such as that we were threatened by WMD from Iraq or that there was  a connection between Saddam and al Qaeda. Of course such claims are not limited to the right. Even Hillary Clinton has used the 9/11 attack to rationalize her [...]

~Snooper~The key word is "operational" but the report goes further to emphasize "direct operational" ties. Now, the Pentagon hasn't released the report yet the Houston Chronicle has begun the usual Leftinistra Damage control spin:Study: Iraq had no link to al-QaidaAnd there ya have it. Simply amazing. Must have been one of those mysterious and undisclosed secret leakers that cannot be identified for fear of being exposed as a damn liar moments.We all know the drill. It was all spelled out in the 911 Commission Report and the ISG Reports. Also, Ray Robison of the ISG has spelled it all out for us...with Pentagon approval...in his book Both In One Trench. I am just about finished with my third time through the book.The sub-title to the Houston Chronicle is equally inane: Pentagon finds

Forget about his middle name. This article details a plausible connection between Barack Obama and Saddam Hussein, via Rezco and Rezco's Oil for Food connections. Read it and weep. Obama's Iraqi Oil for Food connection

Nous avons reçus par courriel un reportage fort intéressant sur le procès et les dessous des relations de Saddam Hussein. Voici le résumé de notre camarade Francis Gagnon-Bergmann, du comité exécutif du PCQ. Évidemment, c’est un documentaire à diffuser et envoyer à ses contacts. Bonjour a tous, Voici le documentaire a voir, “Saddam Hussein le procès que [...]

A spy for Saddam who lived in none other than Dearborn in Michigan was convicted for his crimes: DETROIT - A man convicted of spying for Saddam Hussein's former regime and sharing information with the executed Iraqi dictator's intelligence service was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison, federal prosecutors said. Ghazi Al-Awadi, 78, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Iraq, pleaded guilty

Zogby claims in their latest poll that Hillary Clinton should pack it up and go home, because she's been spanked.Sorry Hillary, just call it a day. Refund the campaign money, sell the extra pantsuits, because Zogby has the truth!According to Zogby's "scientific results," Hillary Clinton trailed "Lying Weasel" McCain 42 percent to 38 percent, "9/11" Giuliani by 43 percent to 40 percent, and "Strap my dog to the roof of a car and drive 80 mph" Romney by 43 percent to 40 percent.Also in a major surprise, the movie I Heart Huckabee's knocked off Hillary by 44 to 39 percent margin, and Fred Thompson's Law and Order character (Not Fred himself, strangely he wasn't in the poll) defeated Hillary 44 to 40 percent in polls conducted by Zogby.Of course, Zogby failed to mention that A) Zogby is an ancient Sanskrit term for "snake oil salesman", B) Zogby ignores poll results and spits out whatever headline they prefer, and C) This poll cast one bark as a vote for the Republican candidate and t

No doubt this won't get much attention by the MSM as it contradicts what they want to believe, but here's what happened to Saddam's WMDs in past years (via IRIS Blog): According to foreign reports, Israel destroyed a nuclear weapons installation in Syria in September. Never has a larger story been pushed under the rug by so many so quickly. What are we to make of this? Over the weekend former

The Flopping Aces Blog had this story:This week there were two news stories that re-opened an incredibly dangerous question about Saddam Hussein and nuclear weapons. Before examining those stories, it's important to reflect on the historical facts regarding Saddam Hussein and claims from five years ago that he was a nuclear threat to stability in the region and the world."How quickly Iraq will obtain its first nuclear weapon depends on when it acquires sufficient weapons-grade fissile material.If Baghdad acquires sufficient fissile material from abroad it could make a nuclear weapon within several months to a year.Without such material from abroad, Iraq probably would not be able to make a weapon until 2007 to 2009, owing to inexperience in building and operating centrifuge facilities to produce highly enriched uranium and challenges in procuring the necessary equipment and expertise.Most agencies believe that Saddam's personal interest in and Iraq's aggressive attempts to obtain hi

Saddam Hussein: Cried when FBI interrogator went home Living in a hush-hush prison cell inside Baghdad International Airport after his capture in a Tikrit spider hole, ex-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was a study in megalomania for the FBI agents tasked to interrogate the despot. He was obsessive about cleanliness, constantly washing his hands with baby wipes - just like those used by most American G.I.s - and even used them to polish the fruit his military captors delivered. Though jailed and facing...(read more)

18 years ago, in 1989, I left The Department of the Theater Arts in Tel Aviv university and joined a fringe production written by a friend who was studying with me, and served as assistant for director Rami Danon who was already a well known and reputed theater director. The young writer was Ilan Hatzor and the play was named "Reulim" (AKA "Masked") which is the Hebrew word for the face cover

This is one of the sickest videos I have ever seen… Around the middle of this clip, these fools start pushing people off a building onto the concrete below. The first person to be pushed off the side is dressed in a Superman costume. How sick and twisted is that? Who would have guessed those soldiers even had such things as Superman costumes? Or even knew who he was. Anyway, I gotta wonder if they tortured(or killed) those poor men in that way because they did have one costume and got the Superman idea from it. The beginning is pretty grisley, it shows the beatings and tortures of Saddams sick ass regime, toward the end of this video clip it gets really bad and graphic as the soldiers push people off a building onto the concrete below. However, the former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was hanged in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity. (crimes against humanity?… go figure) and his sons Uday and Qusay Hussein, well click here to see what happened to them For Sadd

Saddam Hussein was prepared to take $1 billion and go into exile before the Iraq war, according to a transcript of talks between U.S. President George W. Bush and an ally, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Wednesday. During a meeting at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on February 22, 2003, Bush told former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar that Saddam could also be assassinated, according to the transcript published in El Pais in Spanish. The Egyptians are speaking to Saddam Hussein. It seems he's indicated he would be prepared to go into exile if he's allowed to take $1 billion and all the information he wants about weapons of mass destruction," Bush was quoted as saying at the meeting one month before the U.S.-led invasion. Asked by Aznar whether Saddam could really leave, Bush replied: "Yes, that possibility exists. Or he might even be assassinated."Spokesperson Dana Perino was asked about the transcript published this week by the Spanish newspaper El Pais. It purports to

Eu estava dando uma olhada no site MorphThing e me deparei com essa "mistura"...Sabem qual o resultado de "misturar" o Saddam Hussein e o Mestre Yoda... Lembra alguém?? Se você quiser se divertir com mais "misturas" entre Aqui, você pode criar vários seres com fotos de celebridades.

HANTU LAUT You wouldn't believe it, how stupid this man is.Was he joking ? His facial expression didn't show he was. This is the man who run the most powerful nation on planet Earth.This man is intellectually deficient, as I have stated in my article 'A Message For Mr Bush'. His knowledge on foreign affairs sucks. His foreign affair policy.....war...war and war !Has America ever won a war ? The

Ms. Latina Renee here.While writing a post about singer Rihanna, some how I ended up browsing a page deemed as the Queen of all Media and ran into this...Dubya, The New Saddam - This Just InGeorge Bush looks great, doesn't he? He made cover for Macleans Magazine, the October 2007 issue. Its cute the way proud America lean back and adore President Bush. Thank God for the Canadians.Subscribe to George Bush's Impeachment by Email

Wyatt was "willing" to pay oil surcharge, witness says|A former Iraqi oil company official, testifying in Oscar Wyatt's fraud and conspiracy trial, said he was in a meeting where the Houston oilman was haggling over how much of a surcharge he would pay to buy Iraqi crude. Wyatt, 83, is accused of funneling millions of dollars in illegal surcharges or kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime under the United Nations' oil-for-food program. Charged with fraud, conspiracy and violating U.S. sanctions, Wyatt could be sentenced to 74 years in prison if convicted on all counts. Wyatt contends all his dealings with the Iraqis were lawful. Mubdir Al-Khudhair, a former manager with Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization, is the first witness since the trial started early this month whose testimony has tied Wyatt to surcharges. Al-Khudhair told the jury he was in a meeting in January 2001 where Wyatt was negotiating the purchase of some Iraqi crude and expressed "his willingness to pay the surc

Mission AccomplishedOr So The Story Goes WhenTold By The FascistsA Bit PrematureWas That Fateful AnnouncementWhat Was Bush ThinkingOh, He Wasn't, That'sRight, Bushtard Does Not Think, HeBelieves, Always RightBush Admin, ChangingThe Facts To Fit PoliciesVoid Of LeadershipThe Grand Oil SnatchIs A Complete Failure TurnedInto Bushtard's ShieldWe Will Be LuckyIf Someone Behind The ScenesStops Cheney's AttacksBoth On Iran AndThe United States, Dick: TheUltimate War Pig Iraqi volunteers bury more anonymous victims of violence now than during Saddam's rule Iraq vet: Bush may yet 'take credit for the sun rising'John Edward’s Response To Bush’s Surge Speech Senator Jack Reed Gives Democratic Response To Bush’s Surge Speech - Dubunking The Spin TDS: How Nucking Futs Is Holy Joe Lieberman? Krugman: Bush backer banks on Iraq's failure Keeping Them Honest: Michael Ware on Bush’s Definition of an “Ordinary Life” in Iraq Secretary of State, Kinda Sleazy Rice, who keeps privat

Warrant Seeks Saddam Hussein’s Wife and DaughterExcerpt:"An Interpol arrest order for Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter and his first wife has been circulated, Iraqi officials said Friday.The move came a year after the Iraqi authorities put the daughter, Raghad Saddam Hussein, and her mother, Sajida Khairalla Tulfa, on a “most wanted” list of 41 people accused of providing support to insurgents in Iraq."Read Story

“And it is why his campaign, regardless of its electoral fortunes, is shaping the Democratic race. Unable to dismiss his proposals as crazy radicalism, the other candidates have to be both bolder and more detailed than they would like.” The Economist provides interesting insight on the effects John Edwards is having on the Democratic primary. Despite historical (and Constitutional) pacifism, Japan seems to be militarizing. The Taliban is holding 23 South Koreans hostage in Afghanistan, demanding that Seoul withdraw its troops from the region. The captors claim failure to comply will result in their execution one by one, starting today. Trying to predict which minors will become sex-offenders — and trying juvenille sex-offenders as adults. Saddam’s Past with U.S. Has Implications for Iraq: interesting historical context on the war in Iraq. And don’t forget to watch the CNN YouTube Debates, tonight at 7 pm E/T! Environmental Tip of the Day: Be A Green Consum

Saddam's cousin al-Majid, the madman in charge of their chemical warfare against the Kurds, has been sentenced to death:BAGHDAD (AP) - Two decades after Iraq's military laid waste to Kurdish villages, the Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," and two others to death for their roles in the bloody campaign against the restive ethnic minority.Al-Majid, a cousin of executed former President Saddam Hussein, was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for ordering army and security services to use chemical weapons in an offensive said to have killed some 180,000 people during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.Hang 'im high, I say!

Hot Air story link Video: New Saddam death footageposted at 6:21 pm on June 8, 2007 by Allahpundit The only surprise is that they didn’t tear the doors off the ambulance and rip him limb from limb. “Where is the scoundrel who waged war against us?”

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Today at The American Thinker Ray Robinson has some more evidence of AlQeda and Iraq collaboration. This is not i any way saying Saddam had anything to do wiht 9/11, but he used Islamists as proxies against the USA. He...

(Washington D.C.) Over the weekend, according to an anonymous source, President Bush talked face to face to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for the very first time. After flying in psychic John Edward under cover of darkness, the President, Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sat down for a good old fashion séance.

What does Al-Qaida, Ho Chi Minh and Saddam Hussein have in common? They were once our allies. It seems our government leaders have managed to create a history of turning on former allies. From the beginning of it's history, theVietnam War was a conflict that could have been avoided if government leaders in Europe had acted responsibly. In fact, all wars are avoidable if leaders acted responsibly. It was precisely because of France's suppression of the rights of the Vietnamese people that eventually bought Ho Chi Minh to power. Believe it or not, all Ho Chi Minh really wanted to be was a chef. He became disillusioned over the hypocrisy he saw in Western governments and embraced communism while living abroad in France. Let's briefly review the history. Following World War I, on behalf of a group of Vietnamese patriots, Ho Chi Minh petitioned the European powers at the Versailles peace talks for equal rights in French Indochina, but he was ignored. He was rebuffed first by

No se asusten, no es mas que una broma donde vemos a Saddam Hussein despues de su ejecución en una camilla siendo llevado a la morgue pero de pronto Saddam se levanta y asusta a todo el mundo...Tags: saddam hussein saddam sadam husein video saddam hussein saddam sadam husein video saddam hussein saddam sadam husein video

What does Al-Qaida, Ho Chi Minh and Saddam Hussein have in common? They were once our allies. It seems our government leaders have managed to create a history of turning on former allies.From the beginning of it's history, theVietnam War was a conflict that could have been avoided if government leaders in Europe had acted responsibly. In fact, all wars are avoidable if leaders acted responsibly. It was precisely because of France's suppression of the rights of the Vietnamese people that eventually bought Ho Chi Minh to power. Believe it or not, all Ho Chi Minh really wanted to be was a chef. He became disillusioned over the hypocrisy he saw in Western governments and embraced communism while living abroad in France. Let's briefly review the history. Following World War I, on behalf of a group of Vietnamese patriots, Ho Chi Minh petitioned the European powers at the Versailles peace talks for equal rights in French Indochina, but he was ignored. He was rebuffed first by President Woo

As unbelievable as it seems, Saddam Hussein is alive. Our government attempted to cover the incident up, but somehow this amazing video surfaced earlier today. The coincidence is amazing, but could this have anything to do with the discovery of the tomb containing the remains of Jesus Christ which proves that he was never actually resurrected? Is it possible that Hussein was resurrected as some sort of sign? Be warned, the video is shocking. alive, resurrected, saddam husseinalive, resurrected, saddam hussein

bush says iraqis fumbled saddam hangingbest fuckin' headline of of 07'. I don't care if we are just 5 minutes into the new year. it's absolutely genius. the only headline that could top that is, bush has been impeached (and) upon hearing the news, cheney emptied his bank accounts and fled to switzerland."WASHINGTON (Jan. 17) - President Bush said Tuesday the unruly execution of Saddam Hussein "looked like it was kind of a revenge killing," making it harder to persuade a skeptical U.S. public that Iraq 's government will keep promises central to Bush's plan for a troop increase.In his toughest assessment yet, Bush criticized the circumstances of Saddam's hanging last month, as well as Monday's execution of two top aides, including Saddam's half brother.I was disappointed and felt like they fumbled the -- particularly the Saddam Hussein execution, the president said in an interview with PBS' Jim Lehrer."I spose' it would've been less feeble if bush stripped sahdy and hired a

Unlike in Saddam’s death, Barzan’s film shall not be released by authorities, and was only shown to a handful of journalists. Source: Film shows Saddam brother beheaded Originally published on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:13:21 GMT

LETTRE D'UN SADDAM DÉSESPÉRÉDevant une mort inévitable Saddam s'adresse à la population Américaine dans l'espoir de gagner du temps.Il parle au nom de Dieu, de femmes et d'enfants Iraquiens et principalement en son nom mais à la troisième personne.Il revient sur l'amour et l'admiration de son peuple pour lui et des injustices américaines envers son peuple.Qu'adviennent alors ses injustices envers son propre peuple? Oui je trouve la situation actuelle terrible, oui je me demande sous quelle autorité les Américains ont-ils pu envahir ce pays, et oui je suis dégouté par la perte de sang humain dans cette guerre.Saddam n'a pas collaboré aux visites concernant l'armement menaçant, on se souviendra qu'Hitler produisait des armes interdits et des avions en toute cachette malgré les conventions et les interdits.Oui les États-Unis ont un peu perdu la face avec la guerre du Viet-nam et oui les Américains continuent de s'imposer un peu partout et à se faire détester

Saddam Hussein, former President of Iraq and ally of the United States, died on December 30, 2006 around 6:00 a.m. local time near Baghdad, at the beginning of the Sunni observance of Second Eid. Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, torturer, rapist-by-proxy, murderer of children, user of weapons of mass destruction, was executed on December 30, 2006 by hanging, pursuant to the laws of the new Iraq. President Bush is reported to have said that justice has been done. Reactions, other than in Iraq, where people had and have a real stake in the life and death of this man, are fairly predictable: the end point tends to be predetermined by where the opiner begins. Thus Europeans, generally opposed to the death penalty, decried the execution as unjust, while the United States, a death-penalty nation, proclaimed it a day when justice prevailed. As always, what we see depends quite a bit on where we stand. But why should we in these United States care? The short answer is

SADDAM ALMOST COMPARED TO A CHILD MOLESTERLooking for my own blogs on the list of blogs on the subject I came across this blog that claims to tell you all they did not tell you about Saddam. I must say it is a very lenghty essay worthy of an A but not an A plus. The reason being that this fan of Saddam casually brushes off any of the execution orders he gave. By trying to make him appear to be a saint he almost compares him to a child molester.He built roads and hospitals, gave free litteracy, raised the standards of living made Iraq a boom country. It sounds like ''well he did enjoy the company of children but he bought them toys, took them swimming, took them to the summer cottage ...all things they would not have had , had he not been there.''SADDAM did not give them a FLAG to be proud of, he gave them (with their money) statues of himself and painted buildings with his face on them, to be adulated and adored as though he were a God.If an essay is to be believable it has to call

DID SADDAM PAY FOR BIN LADEN?Failure on the part of bully Bush to produce BinLaden a scape goat was needed to calm the voters.Saddam was the ideal candidate his country situated in a very strategic area.Claiming that saddam had weapons to scare the universe he became an easy target especially when one is known to be a dictator. There is a saying in french which goes like this. ''qui veut faire tuer son chien l'accuse d'avoir la rage '' which would translate freely as ''if you want your dog killed you say he has the rabies '' obviously no one will go near him enough to verify that it is true and they will jump on the bandwagon and shoot on sight. So Tony Blair blindly joined Bush then there were all kinds of little countries who could benefit from a war who banded and it became some kind of coalition. How legal was it ?NO NUKES, well no one wants to seem alarmist or ridicule, let us provoke the bastard into hiding. If he hides it is because he fears something. wrongdoings of c

This is a leaked video of the execution of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein last December 30 taken using a camera phone.The execution took place more than three years after his capture, on December 13, 2003. He was sentenced to death by the Iraq Special Tribunal, for crimes against humanity on November 5, 2006. His final appeal was dismissed on December 26, 2006, and the execution was carried out four days later at an Iraqi military base in Kadhimiya, known as Camp Justice.Up to the very last moment, Saddam Hussein remained unfazed and defiant, smiling and talking, reciting the Shahadah, amidst all the supposed taunts coming from the onlookers.The prison guard who allegedly took this video has been subsequently arrested. Since then, this clip has been aired on Al-Jazeera television and has circulated freely on the internet.Given the graphic nature of the content, viewer discretion is strongly advised.Note:Turn off the background audio first at the bottom of the page before clickin

This is a leaked video of the execution of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein last December 30 taken using a cellphone.The execution took place more than three years after his capture, on December 13, 2003. He was sentenced to death by the Iraq Special Tribunal, for crimes against humanity on November 5, 2006. His final appeal was dismissed on December 26, 2006, and the execution was carried out four days later.Up to the very last moment, Saddam Hussein remained unfazed and defiant, smiling and talking.Given the graphic nature of the content, viewer discretion is strongly advised.Note:Turn off the background audio first at the bottom of the page before clicking the play button.

- 90 PERCENT OF U.S. SOLDIERS BELIEVES SADDAM PLAYED A ROLE IN 9/11US censors websitesIf you are not for us you are against usBy Nick Farrell: Thursday 02 March 2006, 15:46Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30023US MARINES stationed in Iraq are complaining that the US government is restricting access their access to websites too much.Along with porn sites, on the Army’s list of banned sites include mail sites such as Yahoo, AT&T, Hotmail. The censors are also blocking blogs and sites that do not agree with the current administration.One marine wrote to a site called Wonkette to tell them that it was on the banned list. He said he didn’t mind The Army blocking access to porn sites, because it was a government network but he and the troops were getting miffed that access to email and possibly-not-toeing-the-government-line websites was a bit much.Apparently the censorship is being done by the USMC Network Operations Center in Quantico, VA.They don’t like it when troops wan

Last night while we were ringing in the New Year with our new friends Josh Case and his wife Laura, Josh and I stepped aside to see if we could find news/video of the lastest on Saddam. Josh had told me that someone had a video in the room when Saddam was killed and he taped the whole thing. The mentioned tape had apparently made it to Youtube, so after the night had picked up and the ladies were cooking we sat down to find the video. I don’t know why, probably curiosity mixed with the idea that it was hard to believe the events of the past week. The Godfather of Soul, A former President, and now a famous Dictator all died in a weeks time. This, on top of the fact that Josh and Laura had just arrived here after attending a funeral of a close person in Josh’s life. All of this piled up and I guess we were just thinking about death. So we watched Saddam’s life end. When I was in 4th grade I remember rumors about Saddam, the rumor that I remember most was that his hea

OK, we've got a "sore throat" theme this New Year's eve. This video finally made it to YouTube and pretty much everyplace else. Seems someone in the crowd at Saddam's execution used a cell-phone to take this. Apparently the execution took place a little differently than described in the media the first time through. It had a more vengeful tone, but you had to expect that. Saddam's friends can probably be happy a huge crowd didn't simply tear him limb from limb. However, the overtones of Shi'ite partisanship are curious in this...this is from ABC News Terry McCarthy... There are five men in black face masks who are visible on the gallows platform around Saddam, acting as guards. As they guide him towards the trap door and put the noose over his head, they start chanting religious slogans with the names of Moqtada al Sadr (the head of the Mahdi army, accused of organizing death squads against Sunnis) and Baqr al Sadr (the father-in-law of Moqtada). Saddam, a Sunni, is outrage

WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Iraqi cell phone video of the hanging execution of Saddam Hussein, FULL VERSION STREAMING VIDEO 2 min 36 sec - Dec 31, 2006 A witness of Saddam Hussein's hanging caught a video of the execution on his cell phone.MORE VIDEO Saddam Hussein execution 12/30/2006 (VIDEO) - WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Saddam Hussein execution 12/30/2006 (VIDEO)President Bush's Statement on Execution of Saddam HusseinToday, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.Saddam Hussein's execution comes at the end of

This video may not be safe for work. I'm posting this because this moment is a very important one in world history, and only time will tell if this was really the will of the Iraqi people or more Washingtonian politricks. I don't want to embed this video on this blog but you can see pretty much the full hanging here, recorded on someone's cell phone. There's a lot of noise and the graphics

This execution was "shadier than a forest", as my chum Mark Armstrong is fond of saying. Now the Asian Tribune reports: The decision to send Hussein to the gallows was not a judicial but a political one. It was signaled by al-Maliki himself after the death sentence was pronounced by a special tribunal on November 5, when the Iraqi prime minister declared that Hussein would be executed before

Do you ever stop and think how damn lucky we are to live here in America?  I woke up this morning and dragged the cans in to find my neighbors’ trees out for recycling.  It seems like yesterday we were tying ours to the roof of our Jeep Liberty and decorating it at home.  I think I’ll leave ours up a bit longer.  We have so many freedoms here.  We can pick a career, go to college and pursue our dreams.  We can get married, raise a family, go to church and do what we want.  I wonder how long until Iraq is like that?  The execution of Saddam Hussein is a very meaningful symbol in the direction toward that freedom.  Soon, there’ll be Starbucks, and Pizza Huts, and Wal-Marts, and thriving Universities over there.  I don’t mean to come off sounding like Dick Cheney’s hunting partner, I am quite liberal in my politics.  Having said that, I feel such exuberance about the USA and wanted to blog about it.  As I plunk around on the laptop today, I also c

As if shit over there wasn't already hotter than hell. Is this justice? Is this what we are bringing to Iraq? You can see some of the pre-execution in the clip below, which shows the noose being put around his neck. I have yet to find video of the actual deed. All I know is I wouldn't mind seeing George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney face the same fate. Fuck 'em. Filed Under: saddam

WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Saddam Hussein execution 30/12/2006 (VIDEO) Full Streaming video on Saddam Hussein execution in Baghdad on 30/12/2006, on Arab Tv Channel 1 min - Dec 30, 2006 First images of Saddam Hussein dead, on Beladi TV. 1 min - Dec 30, 2006__________________________President Bush's Statement on Execution of Saddam HusseinToday, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime. Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law. Saddam Hussein's execution comes at the end of a difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops. Bringing Saddam Hussein to jus

Since the news broke that the Iraqi appeals court upheld the sentence of death handed down to Saddam, television networks have a question that needs an answer. Should the video of Saddam Hussein's execution be released to the public? This is a question that will need to be answered rather quickly as speculation is pointing [...]

Ever Since Aug 3rd 1990 when SPC Allen ran out of the Sat Com and said the 82nd was Deploying to Saudi and we spent the rest night on duty talking about Nostradamus and the beginning of WW III. With that started a long 14 months or so for me and my buddies at the 21st USAFAD in Corlu,Turkey.Before then.......

It seems like only yesterday that Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, was found hiding in a hole in the ground and put on trial for mass murder. Today, following his conviction, he was executed…and will shortly end up back in a hole in the ground…where he belongs.  

Oggi muore Saddam Hussein. Un dittatore. Un Sanguinario. E l'Occidente è diventato come lui. Bush sbaglia quando parla di giustizia. E' questa la giustizia? Come sono pro America su tantissime cose, come ho sempre appoggiato la guerra contro l'Iraq, così credo che l'impiccagione dell'ex Rais sia stato un errore enorme, proprio nel rispetto di quella Democrazia, proprio rispetto a quello scontro

Red blogule to justice in 2006. Slobodan Milosevic died unconvinced and Saddam Hussein unconvincingly. The former in the middle of a fair trial that took too long, the latter after the caricature of a trial that took too much away from the relevant issues.At least historians will be able to browse through the unedited tapes of Solbo's show on ICTY TV (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia). Less frustrating than the almost comical tragedy narrowcasted by Baghdad TV, not to mention the lousy tapes of Nicolae Ceaucescu's execution.By the way : Romania is joining the European Union. Along with Bulgaria.And oh : 2006 is about to be executed soon, too. Quite a serial killer of bad guys*, this one.Happy new year folks. * Let's not forget Augusto Pinochet, Pieter Wilhem Botha, Kenneth Lay, James Brown (who used to beat his wife - wives ?), Paik Nam-june (who used to short circuit our brainwaves), or Gerald Ford (for not publishing his critical views on the war in Iraq b

The non-stop news coverage of Saddam’s pending execution is sick and demented.  It is almost as if a pool exists to guess the day and time.  The whole ordeal is a sad and disturbing reflection of our country. Bush Lies, we attack Iraq without provocation. The Iraqi government is toppled by a foreign invader. Saddam is eventually captured. Saddam is tried by a Kangaroo Court of our making and televised like the circus affair it was. Saddam is found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. Larry King even comments on the “ghoulish” nature of this bizarre event. Former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark denounced the Iraqi Special Tribunal’s death sentences against Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants in a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 20. Clark served on Hussein's defense team during the trial. Although the recently completed show trial against Saddam and the co-defendants was founded upon the outcome o

Saddam will meet his maker tonight. He will be hanged between 9:30 and 10:00 PM EST. H/T to NoisyRoom.net (910 Group) Official: Saddam to Be Executed TonightDec 29 6:12 PM US/EasternBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAAssociated Press WritersBAGHDAD, Iraq The...

The deposed Iraqi tyrant is asking for it, and now that he's been sentenced to death, his departure for hell can't come soon enough (Hat tip: Hot Air). He deserves all the torture he can get on the way out too. Others on the subject inlcude Pirate's Cove, Gina Cobb, The Political Pitt Bull, OPNtalk.

Saddam Hussein has a date with death. The Grim Reaper's estimated time of arrival will be within 30 days. Yahoo reports:"The appeal court has approved the death sentence. They (the government) has the right to choose the date starting from tomorrow up to 30 days. After 30 days it will be an obligation to implement the sentence," he said. I don't know why..but as soon as I read this this morning, I started to play that song "Loser" by Beck in my head....I'm a driver I'm a winner things are gonna change I can feel it... Soy un perdedor...I'm a loser baby so why don't you kill me..." Click here for musical accompaniment

Saddam lost his appeal and will be hanged within 30 days even though there are serious questions about the fairness of his trial.  The State Department has said it believes the trial met international standards of fairness. Are “international standards” what we aspire to follow?  I thought the missions was to create a “democracy” based on our values.  Apparently, the means justifies the end. New York-based Human Rights Watch, an independent advocacy group that opposed the death penalty, said in a Nov. 20 report that executing Hussein before further cases are heard will deny thousands of victims a chance to testify about other alleged crimes. The group, which called the first Dujail trial “fundamentally flawed,'’ says the prosecution failed to disclose evidence to the defense in advance and denied defendants the right to confront witnesses. Human Rights Watch also says there were “gaps in the evidence'’ that undermined t