Sister Toldjah!
12/29/2006 - 4:51 pm

Rumors and news stories are swirling that the former Iraqi dictator who the US captured and ousted in 2003 will be executed this weekend. Hot Air and Malkin are on top of the latest developments. Jules Crittenden speculates on the time the execution will occur and has a link roundup of other opinions.

In the meantime, the NYTimes seems to be lamenting the fact that Saddam’s rec’d the death penalty. Hmm. The Washington Post, OTOH, takes a strong stance in favor of Saddam’s sentence. Good for them.

Latest development: Saddam wants the US to block his execution.

Update: Will it happen before 10 PM tonight? The AP reports on the possiblity.

Update II: He’s been executed. Via Drudge:

CNN Broke at 10:06… NBC first broadcast net to report execution of Hussein at 10:14 pm, ET — CBS went up at 10:18 — ABC up at 10:25…

Iraqi-Americans cheered the news.

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Here are some reactions from the blogosphere over the announcement.

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    Saddam Hussein has been handed-over to Iraqi Authories by U.S. troops. The former president of Iraq, the evil dictator, known also as the “Butcher of Baghdad, Saddam Hussein will dangle within hours from a rope. The death sentence has been signed by …

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  3. […] Thanks to Sister Toldjah, I found this rather strange story: Saddam Asks U.S. to Block Execution By Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press Writer Friday, December 29, 2006 […]

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  4. Swingin’…

    As I type this in Fox News just reported Saddam Hussein has reached the execution location.

    UPDATE 9:59pm Eastern Time: Fox News is reporting that Al Arabiya Television has announced Hussein to be hung in the following minutes.

    UPDATE 10:09pm…

    Trackback by The World According To Carl — 12/30/2006 @ 12/30/2006 - 12:59 am

  5. CBS Refused To Interrupt Rerun Regarding President Ford’s Death (from Chicago Tribune)

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    Interesting op-ed piece by Phil Rosenthal concerning CBS’s lack of on-air coverage of the death of Gerald Ford other than a crawl even though the Late Nite With David Letterman episode was an old rerun (and not …

    Trackback by The World According To Carl — 12/30/2006 @ 12/30/2006 - 1:00 am

  6. Have You Heard the Knoose? Hussein is Dead!

    Around six in the morning Iraq time the former Dictator of that country was hanged for the crimes he committed against 148 Shias in Dujail. He was found guilty and sentenced in November and the Iraqi Appeals Court upheld the death sentence earlier thi…

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  8. Sic Semper Tyrannis

    Da queste parti siamo (quasi) sempre contrari alla pena di morte. Per Saddam, invece, facciamo volentieri un’eccezione. Tanto che oggi la cosa che ci turba di pi non certo la morte di questo dittatore sanguinario, che ha ammazzato a sangue freddo …

    Trackback by The Right Nation — 12/30/2006 @ 12/30/2006 - 1:15 pm

  9. The Butcher of Baghdad has been executed

    This is an important day in history!! A mass murderer who had no qualms even killing people in his own family has met his Maker. Justice has been served.

    Trackback by The Chatterbox Chronicles — 12/30/2006 @ 12/30/2006 - 4:15 pm


Comments

  1. Well, on Dec. 30 it will be exactly one year to the day of my ambush. I could think of no better way of celebrating it then hearing that Saddam was stretching at the end of a rope.

    Here’s to you Saddam: You are about to get the justice you deserve. Say hello to Khomeini and Zarqawi when you get to hell.

    Comment by NC Cop @ 12/29/2006 - 5:05 pm

  2. Buh bye Saddamn, couldn’t of happened to a nicer man. HEY California, Perhaps you all need to be watching, this is how it should be done. - Lorica

    Comment by Lorica @ 12/29/2006 - 6:18 pm

  3. Too bad they aren’t using Uday and Ousay’s plastic shredder…

    Comment by Severian @ 12/29/2006 - 6:27 pm

  4. To quote the old Church TV ad: “String ‘im up - it’ll teach ‘im a lesson!”

    Comment by benning @ 12/29/2006 - 6:35 pm

  5. Shouldn’t surprise anyone if he’s already been hanged an hour or two ago, and the “before dawn” thing is a necessary security precaution. The place is gonna get hot no matter what time he shuffles off to Buffalo.

    I keep seeing in my mind that smirky video of his years ago when he eliminated the rest of his opposition one by one, all the while enjoying his cigar. Won’t have a problem getting one lit anymore…

    Comment by geezer @ 12/29/2006 - 8:37 pm

  6. The Butcher is dead! Now the Iraqis will have something to celebrate during Eid (well, most of them, anyway). On the other hand, I’m counting the minutes until the first Defeatocrat politician uses the death of Saddam to demand that we pull out immediately…

    Comment by CavalierX @ 12/29/2006 - 10:29 pm

  7. See a sarcastic visual of George Bush playing a round of “Hangman”…here:

    http://www.thoughttheater.com

    Comment by Daniel DiRito @ 12/29/2006 - 10:56 pm

  8. The bugger’s dead.

    Next?! You, with the kooky pompadour… what number you got? Hey, little guy with the beard–what’re you smiling so much about? And why are you two guys glowing a faint green aura? You all in show business or something?

    So, what’ll it be? Hmmm… little off the sides, and careful around the back of the neck? Got it.

    Comment by geezer @ 12/30/2006 - 12:10 am

  9. I’ll be off to the Hallmark store tomorrow to pick out my sympathy card for the NYT editors on the passing of their loved one. Anybody have any suggestions on the message I should write inside?

    (he asked, innocently…)

    Comment by Great White Rat @ 12/30/2006 - 12:35 am

  10. I’m so glad we’ve had this time together
    just to have a laugh or sing a song
    Seems we just get started and then before you know it
    you’re dangling from a rope and then, you’re gone.

    Comment by geezer @ 12/30/2006 - 12:53 am

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