Saddam will be hanged?
918028
Well maybe the Kurds and Shia will show him the same mercy he showed them
880317
Saddam was supposed to be hanged to death by now.  Unfortunately he has been sentenced to death after 9 months trial and 3 years have passed since he was arrested.\n\nI'm with majority of Iraqis and they are Kurds.  I would love to celebrate as Saddam was a buture who killed many hundreds of thousands of his own people during his regime.
730397
It is just the sentence. His case will automatically go on appeal, it could take a long, long time before the hanging
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.
861472
Okay then, it's fairly obvious where you stand.\n\nI agree in principle with this statement:\n"This is the least Saddam deserved," \n\nThough I do not like hanging as a method of execution.
834802
The sad ending to this story is someone who will make Saddam look like Santa will become the new dictator and life will be much worse for the Iraqis- we already made it worse for them.  And no, I do not believe America should be the "judge and jury" for any sickos that pop up- we are hated by all countries now and targeted our country for every terrorist and wacko out there.  When you see a cesspool, you should already know what is in it, you do not need to stir it up to have the shit float to the top, that is what our government has done in Iraq.
1036661
probably he will be assassinated by his own people, who will obviously blame.... ISRAEL! surprised? I am not
863509
Yes, this plus the fact that the US election is near will result in a worse blood bath. They should delay the verdict for a week; fewer lives will be lost, American and Iraqi. The US government has the power to delay the court, they're lying if they say they can't.
55400
Political Charade.  Even Saddam admits that he would rather just be executed now than allow Bush to feel that he is just when he eventually orders it.\n\nThe names of the judges are secret.\nThe names of the witnesses are secret.\nThere is NO jury.\n\nAlso, one should be held to a trial that would be expected at the time of the crime was committed.
769333
when you say death penalty, i believe its hanging?\nI wonder how this one time leader would feel, if his head was severed in a market place, with crounds of jeering people, as i believe is the traditional arab way?\nWell, if its good enogh for princess's ?\n\nBut then.....didnt the us instigate all this, because he was a Barbarian, not to be trusted with long range chemical weaponry?.....but then theyve side stepped having to jail him for life themselves.....(even they wouldnt hang him, with the worlds media)...so they let someone else do it.
967992
you answered your own question---the scum will be hanged before he's 70
203131
Saddam is in Jail for what he has done ...
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.
752912
Saddam will be hanged for murdering 148 people but what about George W. Bush?The death toll of American soldiers in Iraq has reached almost 3000.For what purpose?To free a country that only a dictator could have controlled,look now,Saddam is off power and the people are slaughtering eachother because of ethnic believe.
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.
986696
"Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity by a Baghdad court and sentenced to death by hanging. \nHe was found guilty over his role in the killing of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail in 1982."\nWhy is he sentenced?Because elections are nearby so Bush must prove somehow that he is making progresses in his "war against terror"...
791975
His reign of terror is finally over, but at least he has been put to death, which is almost too good for him, his victims were tortured first usually, then death if they were lucky. Its' his countries way of dealing with people like him, so hang he must. I say one less madman in the world.Just my humble opinion.