Saddam Hussein - sentenced to death by hanging

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Sunnis in Tikrit marched through the city, chanting "We will avenge you Saddam."

My stomach turned over when I heard this. It's almost too horrible for words. The cold-bloodedf premeditated killing of anyone is a terrible thing and won't undo his crimes.

They had his top lawyer talking on BBC World this morning. It was very interesting what he said about the trial.

In my view it is wrong to go and invade a country (illegally of course) then put its leader on trial (a muppet show of the highest order) and PRETEND it is all for the good of the Iraqi people. Bloody Becket was reported as saying she is very pleased with the verict. Ok great, so we don't like public executions over here (not any more any way) but it is ok when the Iraqi's do it over there as it benefits us politically.

Oh, and for the record I think the the man is a blood thirsty bastard. I have friends whose relatives have been murdered by him. But as a lawyer I still do not see how this justifies overthowing him by illegal force and then sticking him in a court room and NOT giving him a fair trial. He should have been tried in an international criminal court. It would have been the fairest way and it would have prevented him from becoming a martyr for a whole host of Iraqi groups.

God I feel like throwing up.

I think he should have been tried in an international criminal court. Can't even begin to imagine the situation in Iraq getting worse than it is already.

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Nothing more than he deserved, except it won't happen.
He'll be 'found dead' or simply banged up for the rest of his life.
Yep, he should swing.

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When will it happen, Want to make sure im out of the country!

A hanging seems so brutal, cant they just administer a lethal injection and have the different Countries representatives from UN or similar there to witness it.

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2nd December then, oh charming! Cant they leave it until after the Christmas rush, when we are all bored, say in the New Year.
At least that way our boys out there fighting can have a half decent Christmas before the hallaballoo

it sickens me

MSN says Britain 'welcomes'the news.

I for one do not - no one should die at the hands of another.

This is why i wear a white poppy...war is vile

It won't happen though

Why do you think it wont happen?

Well I think this for 2 reasons:
Firstly, they want to be seen to be giving out the ultimate punishment, by giving this verdict they can be seen to be fighting for justice, however, they won't have the guts to carry it through beacuse of a probable backlash, so instead they will reach a comprominse and imprison him until he is dead.
That way most people are happier

Secondly I rather suspect he will be "found dead" in his cell.

I hope people can stop getting upset abput a hanging that imo is extremely unlikely to happen.

Also there is the small matter of an appeal which can be launched within 10 days of the verdict.

I for one am please that he has been found guilty of everything, not to sure about the death though.
But, I had a long term relationship with a man from Iraq, who basically is now over the moon. He lost his all family to what happened before.

He (and many others) are pleased that America and the UK and his wive's family have been celebrating today with the news.

makes no sense, I mean they are pleased that UK and America went in.

whereas, otter, everone else who wear the red poppy thinks that war is just fine!

no he won't be executed in 30 days, there will be an appeal which will start tomorrow and will last for 4 weeks. If the death sentence is then upheld he will be executed after that.

A lot of people in iraq are celebrating tonight. he was responsible for the deaths of a lot of people, and in the eyes of many the death penalty is the ultimate justice. It's worth remembering that in these countries they view the death penalty differently to the way we do. if you murder someone you are punished by death, without exception. For Sadam to have not received the death penalty would be viewed by many as having escaped justice.

Also, while putting him on trial in an international court might have been favourable, reality is that doing so would have dragged things out for signifficantly longer. Look at how many international war criminals from bosnia are still on trial for atrosities committed years ago. The milosowicz (sp?) trial went on for years and eventually he died before justice could be served. At least hussain being tried in his own country has brought a swifter "justice" than would have otherwise been the case.

Whether we should have gone in there in the first place is a matter that will be debated over and over, but fact remains that this man committed terrible acts against his own people, and at some point, those that were left deserved the chance to bring him to justice for that.

It was right that he was tried by his own people.

Personally I think that he should be scalded with boiling acid, hung upside down and burnt, have his genitals tortured with electricity, submerged in an ice cold bath until he near passes out, forced into excruciatingly painful stress positions with the threat of a barbed cattle prod giving out 20000 volts of electricity if he moves. I believe that he should be forced to watch all these things happen to the people he cares most about, including women and children. And then I think he should be fed piece by piece from the feet upwards into a huge human shredder and his remains fed to ravenous dogs.

But then I remember that if this prolonged and agonising death were carried out it would mean that I was no better than him, which is why I think he should live the rest of his natural life in prison.

reactions are really mixed out here in the Gulf. The local paper has a range of views from "yes they should hang him, why did they even bother with a trial" to "he was a strong arab leader who gave free healthcare and schooling to large chunks of iraqi population".

reactions in Qatar

COR! I did a link that worked!

Very much don't believe in the death penalty, but in this case I actyually have to keepr eminding myself as I find sympathy / empathy impossible toa chieve with this man. I don't feel locking him up in Iraq would be valid as there's too high a risk of him being 'sprung' which would be the ultimate disaster; I think they should follow the example of war criminals from the WW2 in this country and find somewhere very remote for them to be forgotten about until they die.

There is of course an argument for letting the law of thre land he is from prevail, but then that imo is countered by the whol martyrdom thing.

So I think internment somewhere within one of the Allied countries, secretly and until the day he dies.