Do you think they will really hang Saddam Hussein?
822641
The appeals process is quite limited in Iraq and will be gone through rather quickly.  Then the verdict and sentence must be approved by the Iraqi president (and two others, I think).  The approval probably will not take long either.  While there is another Saddam trial going on, he could be executed before its completion.  My feeling is that all trials on all charges should be completed before he is executed so that there will be documentation of all his acts before he dies.
794974
Hanging is too good for this guy! What they really ought to to do is hang him by his neck and let him drop onto an electric chair. While they are running about a half million volts of juice through his butt, they should inject him with industrial strength poison. Then, just for good measure, why not shoot him a couple of times? After all that, then they should really go to work on him!\n\nHell yes, put it on TV. Make it a pay per view and donate all the money to his victims families! Or give some to the families of US troops that have died in Iraq.
152220
This might sound cruel, but if he starves himself to death he's doing the whole world a favor.  \n\nThough they refused to take up the case for Terri Schiavo (who was not guilty of any crime other than being disabled and therefore inconvenient for her two-timing, money grubbing, lame $#s excuse for a husband), I can see the ACLU and various bleeding hearted groups mounting "Save Saddam" campaigns.  I can see it now...Michael Jackson writing a song, "Let's Save Saddam, let's keep him living..."\n\nArrgh!!!!\n\nLet the old buzzard rot.
772203
Well if it isnt the real Saddam then I guess Saddam is going to need a few more Doubles.
262405
Indeed, I wonder how long he'd last on the streets of Baghdad! I think one would have to be extremely politically correct to worry whether or not Saddam's getting a fair trial... Sad though it is - and a noble experiment - Bush's plan to bring democracy to Iraq has predictably turned to crap; give them democracy and they'll elect an autocratic cleric or madman. The Middle East typically produces characters like Saddam, essentially because that's what it wants. You can't educate people who are stuck in the Dark Ages.
894114
Don't know, but after they do, I wonder if they'll find out if he was well hung or not.
824792
I'm afraid he won't. I was very saddened by the news. I am totally against the death penalty, and I think they only want to take revenge on Hussain.\n\nBut besides, I'm afraid this is going to call for further violence, and that's terrible.\n\nAnd finally, it shows this is a sign intended for tomorrow's election. I really, really hope it doesn't work for them. I'm not a Democrat (or a US citizen, anyway) but I see the Democrats are the only ones that can beat Republicans in the elections. I hope that happens...
3830
Well I know that a lot of people would like to see him executed... \n But I say to let him rot in jail or take his own life. Killing him is to step down to his level. I'd like to think I can live my life and leave this world a forgiving person Free of bloodstains on my hands and far far above the likes of the Saddam.
936911
Personally I would agree, we're just giving the old fool precisely what he wants anyway (he does want death but by firing squad, not hanging).\n\nI would prefer that they sentence him to life in Abu Gharaib or permanent confinement in a spider hole, anything that will make him beg for a death that will never come.\n\nBut in the final analysis, we do not have that power. Only those judges or the Iraqi people can really decide what to do with him (and for the most part they want him dead).
913727
He WILL be hung, or shot, or whatever way they choose to go about killing him.  An automatic appeal might matter in other cases, but who honestly believes he will be found innocent?  LOL!  I think everyone was happy when they caught him, because we all knew he would pay.  It's no surprise to me that he was found guilty.
1172835
Yes and who ever thinks they will be the next Zarqai will end up like him, Uday, Qusay, or better yet like Saddam.  I really wish Zarqai had lived - just imagine the intel we could get from him.  Liberals will never face the truth.
844413
Yeah it has. If anything good came out of the disaster of Iraq it is that Saddam will face the ultimate in justice. \n\n300,000 dead victims of Saddam over 20+ years. WOW that is a horrendous figure of carnage. Saddam deserves his fate completely and totally.\n\nWith over 500,000 dead in the last three years due to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, Do you think that the hangman could do a 3 for 1 deal? Saddam, Bush and Blair?\n\nDare to dream
872986
First, I am not pro-death penalty.  I believe that removing Hussien from power was the right thing to do, even if the impetus for removing him was wrong.  \n\nSecond, we are not going to "let" the execution of Hussien happen.  The decision will be made and carried out by the Iraqi government.  The trial and sentancing is not the product of any US involvement.  This is an Iraqi matter and the Iraqis will determine the final outcome.\n\nAn execution carried out by the current Iraqi government will solidify it as the legitimate governing body.  As long as Saddam is around, there will always be the question as to whether he will rise to power once again.  Machivelli argues that one must eliminate the old government in order to insure the security of the future government.  I believe that as long as Saddam lives, there will be continued sectarian violence.  Once he is executed, I believe that the nation will turn from Sunni/Shiite/Kurdish to Iraqis.\n\nBut then again, I could be wrong.
925262
I think we should let him free!  Just drop him off in the northern Iraq area where all the Kurds are.  Make sure the families of all the people he gassed are there and give them weapons.  Then just drop off Saddam with nothing but the clothes on his back.  They would certainly take care of him.
789630
Graig C, I don't believe that Saddam is going to be executed. His next trials will drag on for 2 more years until next president will forgive him. Bush only hyped Saddam's execution before the election for political purposes. Bush can't be charged for mass murdering innocent people and thousands of our troops because of the patriotic act he signed. That was indeed shrewed of the neoconservatives. Yes, Saddam was a bad dictator and perhaps deserves to be killed, but he was not the worst dictator. Why is Bush picking on Saddam? USA built him up and made him bad. Rumsfeldt dealt with Saddam and supported him in the past. USA saved Saddam's butt in the past from many assassinations designed by his Shiites rebels. They gave him all the weapons and chemicals to defend himself from those Shiites rebels. Now because Saddam refused to cooperate with the USA like Qaddafi did and because we need Saddam's oil, so he is no good? What about Sudan's President Al-Bashir, who is killing innocent people left and right in Darfur? What about Libya's president, Qaddafi the horrible dictator? What about Egypt's president, Mr. Mubarak, the selfish bad dictator? What about Syria's President, Mr. Al-Assad, who is killing and jailing his opponents every day? What about Saudi Arabia King and his Sheiks, who hate Christians and oppressing outsiders (not Saudis)? Should we invade their countries and execute those dictators as well? C'mon Republicans, Is this logical? It is fine if you want to bully people around and control the oil resources in the world, but this is not the way to do it. Brutal Military Action as we are experiencing, destroying other countries and killing innocent civilians does not match our Great American Values and Morals. I am really ashamed of our president Bush and his bad ethics. God Bless the USA and our troops forever.
1176560
No, I am not surprised, it is pass the buck time, it should be George Bush that is arrested for conspiracy to commit murder for his illegal war in Iraq. But the foot solder will be the ones that pay the price. Bush will not as he has no morals.
749436
Yes and No.\n I dont support the death penalty as a whole but I do believe some crimes warrant it. You have to look into the extenuating circumstances on everything, nothing is the same.\nSaddam was evil and did torture his own people, but at the same time, our country supplied him with weapons and helped keep him in power, so where is our responsibility in this?\n Politically I think it will benefit the Republicans greatly and re energize their core base into thinking they are doing something.\n In Iraq I dont think it will help any since he at sentencing he ya know told his people to overthrow the infidels(us) \n So we shall see wont we.