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adaddysgirl -> RE: Saddam Hussein executed (12/31/2006 3:18:50 PM)
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This is a clip from an article from Insight Online, as reported by John Powers:
"There was no end to the gruesome creativity of Saddam's henchmen. As reported by Insight's Timothy W. Meier, Saddam's methods included using hammers to break bones, ripping out fingernails, amputating limbs with a chain saw, crucifixion, throwing live victims in acid baths and ovens, cutting loose wild dogs to attack victims, raping women in the presence of their children and husbands, cutting off a penis or a breast, and stripping children naked and forcing their parents to watch as they were stung by hornets and scorpions. The graves contain evidence of these and other sadistic crimes.
Some of Saddam's victims escaped to tell their tales on the day his statue was torn down in Baghdad. The USAID report contains three survivor accounts from mass executions outside Mahawil in the south of Iraq.
The survivors all describe being taken into custody without a reason being given. They describe seeing women and children also in custody, all of them haphazardly blindfolded. Once they were herded into holding areas they could see a pile of tires set on fire and were ordered to run past these.
Some of the women, children and elderly men were tripped or fell near the fire and were unceremoniously beaten to death with pipes or thrown into the blazing tires to burn alive. All of the survivors who escaped their would-be executioners had been shot and partially buried, crawling away to their homes under cover of dark and living thereafter in hiding."
In my opinion, Saddam was a monster with no regard at all for human life. i rejoiced when he was captured and i rejoice at his execution. And to be honest, i could give a hoot of what others think of me for it....those who don't agree, who don't like it, nor those who don't respect me for it.
And to all the 'mourners'...God forbid if anything like the above should happen to you or your loved ones. i really hope you have the open mind to feel sorrow for their perpetrator as well. Some may feel a little different if their kids or family members endured such torture and torment. i only hope that these victims' survivors can feel some degree of justice through all of this atrocity.
And as far as Bush....well, i'm sure he was well aware of what could be exposed when he caught the guy. If unethical practices come out, so be it. He will be dealt with accordingly when the time comes.
So excuse me all if i don't share your compassion for such a barbarian. i would have had no problem with his execution being televised. Others would not have had to watch it if they didn't want to.
And i hope that if i ever go on a spree and throw some bombs in a place that kills a couple of thousand innocent adults and children, that while i'm on death row, you peeps will be trying to get me off of there. i'd really appreciate the support. Afterall, i don't deserve to die for that, do i?
DG
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