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I think that America and the American puppet regime in Iraq failed to seize a great opportunity to end the war and bring lasting peace to Iraq.
What they should have done was to follow the path of post-Aparthied regime. They should have pardoned Sadaam and call for National healing and reconciliation.
Then, immediately seek end to Israeli/Palestine confict by swaping land for peace. This is how Statesmen achieve new world order.
These constant calls for "war on terror" by Bush will not usher in the new world order. Whenever I hear him make a speech, all that I hear is "war on terror" and never talks about how peace can be attained. The word "PEACE" is a scarce commodity to Bush.
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With the hanging of Saddam Hussein, this phase of the battle between the Hussein and Bush families is over.
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Another Barbaric act by a barbaric religion and barbaric people. In 2006 it is amazing that human beings and killed by hang. No matter the crime Saddam committed, this is not a way to take his life. This man was a head of state, at least kill him with some dignity. I think some day some innocent people who have nothing to do with this hanging may wind up paying for it.
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...bull. The crime against humanity is best met with the same crime one perpetuate against his own people. Saddamn had extreme and bastardized rage for human life. The man has paid the prize for his devil deeds. This is a warning to all world leaders, especially African leaders whose idea to govern the people is to kill, loot and mayhem. Abacha was no different from Saddam. Copy that.
Hail Biafra
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Terrorism is the act of imposing fear on Individuals by an Individual or group of people.
A Terrorist is one who wears his bomb in many forms,holds his Guns in many forms and systermaticaly kill people.
Saddam Hussein to me is not a saint neither is he the good guy of Iraq but his killing is an act of Terrorism by a group of Individuals who holds their guns in different forms.
This guy is not different from Olusegun Obasanjo who has systermatically killed Biafrans and his own people.
Saddam's Trial:
I quote.........Mrs Beckett said: "I welcome the fact that Saddam Hussein has been tried by an Iraqi court for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed against the Iraqi people. He has now been held to account."
Who and Who rand the Court? Who formed the Court?
Brothers it is time we all begin to resign like Humans,America in disguice did set up and ran the court,indirect handlling of the Court affairs is the America Motto and i must have to point out that Saddam Hussein did not receive a fair trial.His death is an act of Vengance not Justice.They said he killied his own people,he committed Geonocide,Saddam did this and that?
Yes we did welcomed all that was said about him,all is crimes are true but why didn´t the World Court handle his Trials like it use to do to others charged for same crime?
Saddam was victimied by the America Terrorist group (ATG)led by George W. Bush and co-funded by Tony Blair
Why didn´t Pinochet face trial in his own country?
Where is Charles Taylor and many others?
I also wish to use this opportunity to hail Commrade Maman Gadaffi for his reaction towards the unjust act on Saddam Hussein(RIP)
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I Wish that we all note this mixed reaction about Saddam...............
Arab haj pilgrims outraged at Saddam execution
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Arab pilgrims in Mecca expressed outrage on Saturday that Iraqi authorities had chosen to execute former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on a major religious holiday, saying it was an insult to Muslims.
Sunni Arabs at the haj were shocked at Saddam's hanging which followed his conviction for crimes against humanity against Iraqi Shi'ites.
"His execution on the day of Eid ... is an insult to all Muslims," said Jordanian pilgrim Nidal Mohammad Salah. "What happened is not good because as a head of state, he should not be executed."
The Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, marks biblical patriarch Abraham's willingness to kill his son for God. Muslim countries often pardon criminals to mark the feast, and prisoners are rarely executed at that time.
The death could harden hatred for Shi'ite Muslims in Saudi Arabia, a bastion of Sunni Islam whose Islamic orthodoxy -- known as Wahhabism -- regards Shi'ites as virtual heretics.
"This timing was chosen to turn our joy during Eid to sadness. I don't say this for grief over Saddam ... but we must ready ourselves for a new enemy from the East," a user on an Islamist Web site said, referring to Shi'ites in Iran.
Saddam, a Sunni, was admired by many Arabs for standing up to the United States. Haj authorities fear his death could stoke tensions between Sunni and Shi'ite pilgrims.
Eid falls during the 5-day haj, when more than 2 million Muslims from around the world follow ancient rites at the Islamic Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
"I don't want to believe it. Saddam cannot die. Is this the good news we get on our Eid?" said Saudi Nawaf al-Harbi.
But many Shi'ites regard Saddam's death as a gift from God.
"Congratulations, this is like two Eids! I hope God will not have mercy on him," Iraqi Nadir Abdullah said amid a group of jubilant pilgrims.
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Security was already heightened for this haj season because of sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites in Iraq and elsewhere in the region.
Haj pilgrims dress in simple white garments that can disguise differences of sect and nationality. Many come from outside the Middle East and on Saturday most were preoccupied with the next stage of the rites, the symbolic stoning of the devil at the Jamarat Bridge.
But many felt Saddam's execution would only worsen sectarian violence in Iraq.
"This is unbelievable. Things will not improve in Iraq now that Saddam is dead," said a Syrian pilgrim, Abu Mostafa. "There will be more violence and more Arab anger toward the West."
For Iraqi Kurds like Aladdin Suleiman Mohammad, the execution was a "fair decision" regardless of timing, though it dashed hopes of justice for crimes against Kurds.
Saddam's second trial on charges of war crimes against Iraqi Kurds in what is known as the "Anfal" or "Spoils of War" campaign, had been due to resume next month.
But many Arabs said if anyone should be put on trial it was the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government that backed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, which overthrew Saddam.
"They are American collaborators, those in Iraq. They should be executed, not Saddam Hussein." said Mohammad Mousa, on haj from Lebanon. "Saddam Hussein is the most honorable of all of them. He is the most honorable Arab. They will go to hell, he will go to heaven."
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Coomon Brother, please to get fooled by Bush propanda machine. If what Saddam did is really a crime, all the Africa and middle east head of states will be hanged right now like Saddam. How many people did Abacha and Babangida killed during their watch, how many have Obasanjo killed. Obasanjo levelled a 3 villages and we are here talking about 148 Shiite who wanted to overthrow his government. If what Saddam did to quench people trying to overthrow his Government is a crime against humanity then all African Head of States should be lined up and hanged.
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Count me as one who was totally appalled by the undignified way saddam’s life was snuffed. I'm with the school of thought which holds that if what he was accused of is any to go by then all African tyrants have no business breathing the air we inhale. What is the world court for? How fair can a kangaroo trial where three of his defense attorneys were killed be? I'm no fan of saddam but equity demands that what was meted out to him be equally dispensed to all tyrants world over!
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Ironically, after spending more than three years, the lives of over 3,000 American soldiers, and well over $300 billion in Iraq, the hanging of Saddam Hussein would not change anything, afterall, leaving a quagmire the entire world now blames on a family vendetta.
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This is what I know, no decent and sensible person supported the crude manner saddam hussein and gang were killed. Kill them if that’s all that is needed to qualify as men but please do it in a “DIGNIFIED” and matured way. And this too was the belief of Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State who said and I quote “the hanging of Hussein and two others were mishandled and should have been carried out with greater dignity.”
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