Hangman shouted "Long Live Muqtada al Sadr"

[SOS]

"As the noose was tightened around Hussein's neck, one of the executioners yelled, "long live Muqtada al-Sadr," Haddad said."

Hopefully someone will explain the significance of this to Bush when he gets back from vacation.

Link - (Warning - execution photo)

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/world/0612/gallery.hussein.final.moments/content.1.5.html

[Taxloss]

1. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. n/t

[madeline_con]

3. Remember that lame attempt by DUH-bya to quote the old...

"Fool me once, shame on you,
Fool me twice, shame on me..."

??

But, he mixed it up with the tune he used to hear when he partied, and said, "Don't get fooled again."

:dunce: :rofl:





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[ContraBass Black]

10. Remember the cartoon that showed a torture chamber under "before"

And then the same chamber with the guard and prisoner exchanged under "after?"

[Waya]

14. Yep, just the opposite team......

.....kinda ironic isn't it?

[Old and In the Way]

2. Perhaps next year we'll be hanging Al-Sadr

We can make a hanging an annual New Year's Eve event, live from Iraq.

[madeline_con]

4. self delete

HS Office would have had a filed day... :(

[0rganism]

5. "Who they hangin' this year, Samir?"

"Dunno, but they'd better find someone more interesting than that string of secular educators we've been getting for the past three hangings."

"Yeah, the circus clown from 2019 was pretty cool -- I've never seen someone try to tie a balloon dog on a gibbet before."

"The more we have, the harder it is to do something original with it."

[Buzz Clik]

6. Yes, indeedy. We love to install them only to depose them.

It goes round and round.

An insightful analysis I heard this morning was discussing the true impact of Saddam's execution in the Arab world. He will not be a martyr but another example of the folly of befriending the US: we have this nasty habit of destroying our hand-picked leaders whenever the mood hits us. And it is a long, long list.

[notadmblnd]

8. yeah, the dropping of the "New Years Noose"

I kinda like it:sarcasm:

[Cocoa]

18. Sadr is for the next generation

give it 30 years or so.

[leveymg]

7. That's gotta cost at least 600 extra lives in the next week

Particularly, if it's true. With CNN, who knows anymore. :eyes:

[depakid]

9. Agreed. When I hear it confirmed from a credible source

Then and only then will I believe it.

[gulliver]

11. "Muqtada al-Sadr" --Hussein's last words.

"Hussein mockingly uttered one last phrase before he died: 'Muqtada al-Sadr,' according to Haddad."

[malaise]

15. The executioner yelled that n/t

[gulliver]

19. And Hussein echoed it, mockingly apparently. n/t

[rebel with a cause]

20. According to AOL News article by ChristopherTorchia and Qassi

Sami al-Askari, the political adviser of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said that before the noose was placed around his neck, "Saddam shouted: 'God is great. The nation will be victorious and Palestine is Arab.'" Just like the Bible, we got different quotes from different folks. :shrug:

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/iraqi-government-executes-former/20061229140609990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

[gulliver]

22. As the noose was tightened around Hussein's neck,

You say the "God is Great" words came "before the noose was place around his neck," and the quote in the OP says the al-Sadr exchange occurred "As the noose was tightened around Hussein's neck." So that fits.

[rebel with a cause]

24. Ok, that does make sense.

But just wondering why the AOL quote was omitted from other report. I have a relative in journalism and I have become very aware of how much the media is using emotional wording and omitting facts in order to influence the readers. It has always been done, but I don't know if it has ever been done by so many in sync as it is now. (mass media, mass hysteric, and group/mob think)

[Ian David]

12. I thought he said, "Take that, you pinhead," in English.

So, I guess they didn't let Bill O'Reilly do it?

[TahitiNut]

13. Gotta love that "justice" system.

Revenge? Naww... conscientous justice. Uh-huh. Right. :eyes:

[Catchawave]

16. Where's Osama ?

I'm sure he's agreeing with the executioner too :cry:

[bluedog]

17. From BBC News: what Saddam said (per Judge Haddad)

Judge Haddad: They untied his hands and tied them again behind his back.

They put his feet into shackles and he was taken upstairs to the gallows.

He was reciting, as it was his custom, "God is Great!" and also some political slogans like: "Down with the Americans!" and "Down with the Invaders!"

He said: "We're going to Heaven and our enemies will rot in Hell!"

And he also called for forgiveness and love amongst Iraqis, but also stressed that the Iraqis should fight the Americans and the Persians.


Judge Haddad: He said, "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is God's messenger."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6220087.stm

[SOS]

21. Also from the BBC link:

"Some of the guards started to taunt him - by shouting Islamic words."

"Islamic words"? LOL.

Apparently the judge chose not to translate "Long Live al Sadr" for the BBC.
Probably because it's so embarassing to the Iraqi "government" and to Bush and Blair.

[originalpckelly]

23. Oh shit. That's about the worst thing that could happen. nt

[specimenfred1984]

25. That's not him laying there in the last picture

unless his entire nose got a whole lot thinner somehow. Take a good look.