Why did Saddam shoot his wife?
344471
Cuz she was a dirty whore.
133808
Saddam was the Baathist party leader in Iraq.  Most Sunni's are Baathist as well.  That is the connection between the two.  Saddam is by no means a religious man.  It was on rare occasion that he even wore Arab garb.  The Sunni's enjoyed most of the perks under his watch.  Most of the army was Sunni, yet most of the Republican Guard were from his home town. These are the people that he trusted the most; these were his most loyal followers, it had nothing to do with religion. His relationship with all other segments of Iraqi society was at best, guarded.  The Kurds would have had his ass in a New York minute, given half the chance.  The Turkman had no particular edge with Saddam, and the Christians just stayed out of his way. The Shiites, particularly those in the south, had strong ties to Iran.  Iran's brand of Islam is predominately Shiite, so Saddam was not particularly friendly to the Shiites.  Saddam ruled with scare tactics and he was pretty effective with them.  He kept every one under control but at a high price.  The mass graves still pop up occasionally!
749053
The outcome of the trial was inevitable. Considering the environment in which he was tried (and rightly so!), he didn't have a prayer. After all, the current regime considered to be in power in Iraq was not put into place by Hussein, right? Regardless, with the undeniable evidence of his human rights violations, he took pains to hang himself long prior to America's second invasion of Iraq.\n\nI kind of agree with his lawyer that this was a political play for Americans...think about it, they caught him right before an important election...and now, they have convicted him again right before an important election.\n\nWhen did they start having legal trial verdicts on Sunday afternoon?
834975
Wow.  What do we need Sean Hannity for?  You liberals make fools of yourselves all on your own.  You feel SORRY for Saddam Hussein?  SADDAM HUSSEIN?  The heartless dictator?  Need I remind you of the thousands of innocent lives lost under Saddam's power?  HE KILLED HIS OWN PEOPLE.  He raided Kurdish villages with chemical weapons, killing both soldiers and townspeople, including women and CHILDREN.  And you feel sorry for him?  Because he's a "secularist" and he respected the rights of women?  First of all, secularism is not exactly a universally-renowned form of government.  Just because YOU like it doesn't mean it's good for a government (ever heard of a thing called Communism?).  And second, it's kind of hard to respect women's rights when you're KILLING THEM.  I think you need to re-examine your research, but in the mean time, check yourself into a decent mental health clinic, you sick freak.  Anyone who sympathizes for him is an outright MORON.
860177
A totally different topic. Saddam was sentenced to death because of crimes against humanity (if you believe that). In other countries, you may not agree with a head of state, but the underlying problems are greater than any one person can tackle.
1097811
The CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists...Two men and a woman. \n\nFor the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. "We must know that you will follow your \ninstructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside of this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill Her!!!" The man said, "You can't be serious. I could never shoot my wife." The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job." \nThe second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out with tears in his eyes." I tried, but I can't kill my wife." The agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home." \n\nFinally, it was the woman's turn. She was given the same instructions, to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, \none shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. \n\nAfter a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow, and said, "This gun is loaded with blanks. I had to beat him to death with the chair." \n\nMoral: Women are evil. Don't mess with them \n\nq.e.d.
192219
The FBI had an opening for an assassin.\n\n \n\n \n\nAfter all the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were 3 finalists.\n\nTwo men and a woman.\n\nFor the final test, the FBI agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.\n\n"We must know that you will follow your instructions no matter what the circumstances.  Inside the room you will find your wife sitting in a chair.\n\nKill Her!"  \n\nThe man said, "You can't be serious, I could never shoot my wife."  The agent said, "Then you're not the right man for this job.  Take your wife and go home."\n\nThe second man was given the same instructions.\n\n \n\nHe took the gun and went into the room.  All was quiet for about 5 minutes.  The man came out with tears in his eyes,  "I tried, but I can't kill my wife."\n\nThe agent said, "You don't have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."\n\nFinally, it was the woman's turn.\n\n \n\nShe was given the same instructions, to kill her husband.  She took the gun and went into the room.  Shots were heard, one after another.  They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.\n\nAfter a few minutes, all was quiet.  The door opened slowly and there stood the woman.  She wiped the sweat from her brow. \n\n"This gun is loaded with blanks" she said. "I had to beat him to death with the chair."
909937
While I would like to believe that it's because we are good, moral people trying to do the right thing, that isn't why we didn't kill Saddam.\n\nCapturing him and putting him on trial helps us with the "hearts and minds" aspect of the war.  If we put a bullet in his brain, it would certainly be him getting what he deserves, but he would also become a martyr.  Since we aren't the home team in Iraq, the Baathists, insurgents, and outside forces with anti-US leanings would have a field day creating propoganda accusing the US of all kinds of terrible things.  Since we claimed the moral high ground, it becomes tougher to convince people otherwise.\n\nSecondly, by involving the Iraqis in the death sentence of Saddam, we are trying to help them take ownership of the changes going on in their country.  If we kill Saddam, then he is a casualty of war.  If they sentence him to death, the people have launched a sort of democratic coup.  Perhaps because Iraqis sentenced their own former leader, they will feel more pride/duty concerning the new direction of the country.\n\nHope that helps!
1128033
True.  I don't understand why the government tries to control people's happiness.  They shouldn't worry about who's married to who.  They should be more concerned with how many of my friends their killing in Iraq.
527534
because Sadadam had weapons of mass destruction. really he killed his own people with poison gas. the only weapon that Bin landon had was stealing are airplanes. bin landen does not have the technology for the weapons that Saddam had. also Saddam used these weapons on Iran. so Saddam was a threat.
678954
lol, you must be an idiot if you think you will get a straight forward answer.  I must be one also, because I keep asking simple questions expecting answers, but all I get are the same run around answers that don't apply to the question.\n\n\n****  Answerman*** Saddam had known ties to terrorists.  You are saying what you are saying because the left wing news media likes to put these little personal twists into the stories.  They say things like, 'Although there Al Queda has known ties to Saddam, the relationship is unknown'.  Well, I guess we should believe it to be harmless.  Maybe they are just all drinking buddies, or maybe they play chess together.  Lets assume the best.  Lets not assume that since they both hate America, and that they both murder people on a daily basis, that their ties can have anything to do with terrorism.\n\nStart using your brain.  God gave us all one, liberals just just elect not to use it.
1164004
Regardless of whether there are or were weapons of mass destruction - what was going on in Iraq was wrong and unacceptable.  The killing of thousands of innocent people and the ruling of a tyrant - horrible.  There are so many places they could hide the weapons - or by now maybe they were smuggled out of the country - who knows, but it's not a long shot to say they were there at one time.
1099960
It will have little effect on the state of Iraq. Yes, he was a killer and he is gone for good. However, so was Saddam and when they caught him, they trumpeted his capture as a turning point. However nothing changed afterward. Iraq will still remain a hell-hole.
716665
Iraqis are killing each other.  The only thing President Bush is guilty of is trying to keep us safe on our own soil.  All is fair in love and war.  It's a war and I should know---my husband is deployed there.
1040138
Because they're finally getting around to telling us the truth. Iraq under Saddam was a more liberal part of the Arab. In Saudi Arabia, women are now getting the right to vote and drive. In Saddam's Iraq they held cabinet positions. Saddam had a secular society in the midst of theocracy. He gave the women the right to divorce their husbands. To vote. To drive. To go about with the requisite clothing.\n\nBut now? All those rights are being fought for again. And the women are losing.
866877
perhaps murderer 2 got to know his wife is going to be killed by murderer 1 . Would be convenient if the wife is rich or simply hates her guts for her adulterous nature. After the wife gets killed murderer 2 could take his chance to kill murderer 1 as a so-called act of defense....or perhaps he could put the gun into the wife's hand to make it look like she killed murderer 1 in a gun shooting... comes close to the perfect crime. \n\nyou'd have to work out the murderer1- murderer2 relation in order to make the killing of murderer 1 obvious , in other words there must be a reason....\n\nYou could use ofcourse the idea of one murderer who "accidently" got to know of a murder about to happen in different plots for corporate relations, within the mob, between siblings, politics, heck even between aliens and humans...
1137868
The Americans have been gunning for his death all along, and\nwill defiantly impress upon the tribunal to give the Death penalty.\n\nBut you must also know, that even today Saddam is a feared and respected man by many in Iraq.The outcome will not be settled so fast. Did you see the Glaring eyes & stance when in court he recently told the judge"I am the ruler of Iraq and who are you, a foreigner trying to pass judgement on me?"\n\nThe recent spate of bombings in Iraq between the Shias and Sunnis is directly connected with Saddams case. Which country\nwould ever allow a foreign country to set up courts?\n\nNo. The chair will probably decay &break, and the switches/\nwires will rust or melt away.And dont suggest a rope, because there is no such strong rope exists in the World to snap such a\nstrong throat.