The life of Saddam Hussein ended today the way he ended the lives of so many others. He was executed shortly before sunrise in Baghdad. Photos and video are below and in related posts here and here and here.


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Saddam Hussein Hanged in Baghdad

Note that the UNCENSORED UNEDITED video is HERE.

The death of Saddam will bring joy to few people. He has been largely irrelevant since he was pulled out of a filthy hole in the ground by American forces two years ago. Iraqi infighting and general Iraqi incompetence continued with Saddam in jail, and it will continue with him permanently in a new hole in the ground. The death of Saddam is not the antidote to the current problems in Iraq.


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Saddam Hussein is Dead

Nor is it something to complain about, however. The Butcher of Baghdad started three wars with his neighbors which accounted for over 2,000,000 dead people. Those who complain about Iraq’s “kangaroo court” are disguising their real complaint as usual. Any topic will suffice for creative criticism of the United States and the elected administration of President George Bush.


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First Image from Saddam Hussein’s Execution

Never mind it is the new Iraqi government themselves who tried Saddam Hussein under the new rule of law in Iraq. That doesn’t matter to liberal defeatists so blinded by anti-American hatred that they can’t celebrate an example of the Iraqi government actually working.


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Photo of Saddam’s Hanging

Whether one approves of the death penalty or not, approves of Iraqi justice or supports free peoples generally, we should all at least all be thankful that a brutal tyrant is no longer meting out his own justice. Unfortunately as the catcalls from liberals will attest, we don’t all share the same humanitarian interests. They went so far as to narcissistically try to block his execution in a U.S. court!

Hussein’s lawyers filed documents Friday afternoon asking for a stay of execution. The 21-page request was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington before Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly.

Attorneys argued that because Hussein also faces a civil lawsuit in Washington, he has rights as a civil defendant that would be violated if he is executed. He has not received notice of those rights and the consequences that the lawsuit would have on his estate, his attorneys said.

“To protect those rights, defendant Saddam Hussein requests an order of this court providing a stay of his execution until further notice of this court,” attorney Nicholas Gilman wrote.

A similar request by the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, Awad Hamed al-Bandar, was denied Thursday and is under appeal. Al-Bandar also faces execution. The Justice Department argued in that case that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction to interfere with the judicial process of another country.

Al-Bandar argued that his trial violated his rights under the U.S. Constitution but Justice countered that foreigners being tried in foreign courts are not protected by the U.S. Constitution.

Here is the execution video from Arabic television:

The more GRAPHIC complete video is HERE.




Saddam Execution Video

If that video gets taken down, try this one:


Note that the UNCENSORED UNEDITED version is HERE.

Joe Citizen has done a good job reporting on the events here and here, as has Mary Beth here.

Roundup: Wizbang!, Sensible Mom, Right Voices, Malkin, Mary Katharine, Captain’s Quarters, Hot Air, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, Blue Crab, Autone.

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