Has Saddam Hussein been hung yet?
829016
Don't worry we'll here about it.......Probably won't happen in our lifetime though.
709816
WE are not hanging him .\nThe Iraqi people are , after a fair trial .
1051320
Capital punishment was recentlyreinstated and applies to those convicted of murder, distribution of drugs and endangering national security,  The manner of execution is by hanging.  See Article 12 of Iraqi Law #10.
877234
Uhhhhh let  me  see, Saddam,... uh    HELL NO
924698
They have not released nearly enough of the information about what goes on there to make a reasonable assessment of either side's case.\n\nThe court system is not similar to the US's system.  The lawyers and judges are primarily French-schooled and Iraqi law is modeled after France's system.  They do not have the same burden of proof to meet hat the US has.\n\nAnd capital punishment is revenge.  That is the only purpose behind it, capital punishment does not serve as a deterrent, and the victim is not likely to learn anything from it.  Capital punishment is pure revenge, plain and simple.  So by executing Saddam revenge would be the only reason and only result.
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?
815196
tony blair cant answer this question because he has repealed the last hanging law in britain, the treason law, because he is a traitor to britain as regards europe and has covered his back, but in the eyes of the free english you cant have laws repealed in england by traitors, sooooo he cant very well cry for hanging can he even if it is saddam.
850040
If this had been well thought out, Saddam would not be executed for a long time, certainly not until after our troops are out of harms way. The Sunnis will not look kindly on the fact that Papa Bush set up Saddam, sold him the weapons, trained his intelligence forces, and gave him the green light. Now Bush Jr. has not only removed Saddam, but all his followers as well, who are now in control of Western Iraq. To execute Saddam with our troops still there will only lead to more deaths for our valiant troops, and do no good for the State of Iraq. More death and destruction provided by Bush's plan, and as usual, our troops will bear the brunt of the violence. \n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_o...
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.
710942
He is guilty of mass murders.  He has lived the life of 10 rich men. He is an arrogant ass hole, he should be put down for the crimes against the Iraqi people.
818079
No one (OK only a very few people) can take an apologist stand for this man, he was a street thug who rose to power and, like so many before him, abused that power to retain it.  There are no mitigating factors here and, although I view everything I hear from Iraq with a huge amount of cynicism, I do not doubt his guilt.\n\nThere are two things that bother me however the first is my general opposition to the death penalty, I see the need for retribution in some cases but I fail to see how this is achieved by multiplying the number of coffins involved.  The second thing is that we, and by that I describe both the USA and the UK, promoted and supported this man for years, we nearly wet ourselves with joy when he began to make war on Iran where he did incalculable damage and wrought havoc while we capered gleefully at his behaviour.\n\nWe encouraged him in what he became and are, to a degree, culpable in his maintenance of power and I just find it distasteful that we should all be so pleased at the prospect of another death.
697517
I could care less if you overlook my reply and do not count me (ohhhh, I am so scared!). If you do not want replies from this site then post on the middle east version of this site.\n\nFirst off, could you please spell that person's name correctly. It is SADDAM HUSSEIN, not Saddan. Duh!\n\nHe was found guilty of crimes by his countrymen, in an Iraqi court of law.\n\nHang 'em and hang 'em high!
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.
393043
Saddam Hussein is still in Iraq. He is being held in a secret US Army prison (for security reasons), which he only leaves to attend court sessions of his trial for  for murders and other crimes against humanity committed during his dictatorship. His trial is being conducted by the Iraqi Special Court.
781106
Undoubtedly, you're going to receive a lot of emotion-packed answers to this question, so let me try to be as dispassionate as possible. I have to admit, I'm torn on the whole permissability of the death penalty; but in this instance I think it has to take place.\n\nThe Shiia and the Kurds require closure on Saddam's era; and so long as Saddam lives he's going to be a lightning rod for every discontented Sunni. Yes, there will be some initial unrest, but in the long-run, I honestly believe it's in the best interests of all three groups if Saddam is taken out of the picture. While he lives, I just don't see how these groups have even the slightest chance of making a go of even attempting to pull together something that looks like a nation.\n\nThere is such a thing as "raisons d'etat;" and for "reasons of state" I believe he has to go.
921743
Saddam Hussein did some terrible things, but I don't support the death penalty under any circumstances.  Let's not forget that the U.S. government was friendly with him up until the day he invaded Kuwait.  Furthermore, he is to be hanged, which is rather draconian.
680821
Look at it this way, if he was executed, he would have been made a matyr in his homeland (legend of the 70 virgins, etc.).  Yes, he's alive on the taxpayer's dime in jail.  Although the vengeful, "dark side of the force*" part of me wanted to see him used as target practice on every pistol and rifle range in the free world, he wasn't made a matyr.\n\nI feel justice has been served.