Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging in Baghdad early Saturday, according to news reports, culminating a long saga kicked off when U.S. forces invaded Iraq in April 2003.
An Iraq court earlier this year found the former Iraqi dictator guilty of ordering the killing of 148 Shiites in 1982; an appeals court had recently turned down an appeal.
The execution was protested by human rights organizations that alleged the trial was unfair, but hailed by members of the Shiite and Kurdish populations, which suffered for years under Hussein's brutal rule.
The exact time of the execution was hushed in secrecy, largely because of security concerns, officials said. U.S. forces were put on high alert, and Iraqi officials hinted that the daily curfews here may be extended in anticipation of reprisal violence.
Despite the arrest and trial of Hussein, the insurgency has continued unabated, and sectarian violence between the Sunni and Shiite populations has flared into what some observers have labeled a civil war.
The hanging took place at 6 a.m. Baghdad time, 10 a.m. EST, 3 a.m. GMT
Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Alaihi Rajioun...Ameen..
I dont know why anyone would cheer over a persons death. regardless of who it is. that too will be our fate and im certain no one wants to laffed at when they die. Insensitive people..well i can see their reason, but dont laff at it Astaghfirullah.
*Without Allah, without Islam, life would be meaningless. If I've ever learned patience, it's because of this. Alhamdulillah...*
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Saddam during his trial Saddam Hussein Executed
Updated: 05:27, Saturday December 30, 2006
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been hanged for crimes against humanity.
The execution took place shortly before 6am local time (3am GMT).
State-run Iraqiya television said: "Criminal Saddam was hanged to death", and played patriotic music, while showing images of national monuments and other landmarks.
The station also reported that Saddam's half-brother Barzan al Tikriti and Awad al Bander, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, were hanged.
However, officials said that only Saddam was hanged and the other two would be executed after the weekend Islamic religious holiday.
It said that a doctor and a camerman were present at the executions.
Saddam's death sentence was carried out in Baghdad following hours of confusion over whether he was to be executed or not.
US troops in Iraq have been put on "high alert" in case the announcement of his death sparked an outbreak of violence.
US President George Bush called the execution an "important milestone" for Iraq.
Barzan al Tikriti British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Saddam had been held to account for some of his crimes.
She added: "The British Government does not support the use of the death penalty, in Iraq or anywhere else. We advocate an end to the death penalty worldwide, regardless of the individual or the crime.
"We have made our position very clear to the Iraqi authorities, but we respect their decision as that of a sovereign nation."
Saddam was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on November 5 after a trial lasting more than a year.
He was found guilty of ordering the murder of 148 people in the village of Dujail following a failed assassination attempt against him in 1982.
The Iraqi government had made it clear it wanted the sentence carried out as quickly as possible, even though Saddam faced a series of other charges.
Saddam was captured in December 2003, nine months after a US-led coalition invaded Iraq.
His lawyers made a last-ditch legal bid in Washington DC to prevent him being handed over to Iraqi authorities for execution. However, the judge turned down the request.
I heard the rumours yesterday but isnt it so macabre and morbid to execute on some peoples Eid day?
Yes i agree he had sinned and deserved to be executed but this went a bit too far.
the one thing that irratates me is that why excute him on the day of eid. the so called muslim govermant of iraq ( puppets to america) should be ashamed for not delaying it and allowing the excution on one of the most holiest day of the muslim calender. even the saudi govermant doesnt excute anyone on eid.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389128/?GT1=8816
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National security adviser Mouwafak al-Rubaie told state-run Iraqiya TV that only Saddam was executed Saturday. "We wanted him to be executed on a special day," he said.
he took a quran with him, and his last words were there is no god but god and muhammed is his prophet
innal lahi wainna ilaihi raajioon!
may Allah swt forgive all his sins.. and grant him jannah! Ameen!
Ps: they[ the americans] shdnt have dome it today
Please Don't Forget the Plight of Muslims in your Dua's "And Seek (Allah's) help
with Sabr (patience) and Salat (prayers): it is indeed hard, except to those who
are humble" (Qur'an Al-Baqara 2:45)
the one thing that irratates me is that why excute him on the day of eid. the so called muslim govermant of iraq ( puppets to america) should be ashamed for not delaying it and allowing the excution on one of the most holiest day of the muslim calender. even the saudi govermant doesnt excute anyone on eid.
exactly what i was thinkin.. they really shudnt hav done it today!
Please Don't Forget the Plight of Muslims in your Dua's "And Seek (Allah's) help
with Sabr (patience) and Salat (prayers): it is indeed hard, except to those who
are humble" (Qur'an Al-Baqara 2:45)
I think his worst crime is his secularization of Iraq.
He pushed a Muslim nation further down a dangerous secular path, even leading them to war with their Muslim neighbors.
Saddam also punished many religious figures as a warning for them to stay out of politics; and after his arrest, they emerged out of the shadows with vengeful ferociousness; leading their country into civil unrest.
Saddam is a criminal in more angles than ever imaginable.
"This world is a blank price tag, and whatever value you put on it, is what its worth to you. I have made this world priceless and worthless, so therefore I have placed my value in the afterlife."
Justice was done. Wasn't it??
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him....In the end we are all in the need of His marcy
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
"We have made our position very clear to the Iraqi authorities, but we respect their decision as that of a sovereign nation."
They don't respect no muslim.
As to him been a muslim only Allah knows.:X
But one thing we can be sure of is that the americas(west) bought him a long time ago and now his sell-by date has expired.Now they have new puppets
the one thing that irratates me is that why excute him on the day of eid. the so called muslim govermant of iraq ( puppets to america) should be ashamed for not delaying it and allowing the excution on one of the most holiest day of the muslim calender. even the saudi govermant doesnt excute anyone on eid.
the one thing that irratates me is that why excute him on the day of eid. the so called muslim govermant of iraq ( puppets to america) should be ashamed for not delaying it and allowing the excution on one of the most holiest day of the muslim calender. even the saudi govermant doesnt excute anyone on eid.
Do you bother to read the other posts before you post?
Sadaam was executed on Saturday. Eid is not until Sunday in Iraq.
The government of Iraq does not execute prisoners during Eid, it is against the Iraqi constitution.
Inna Lillahi waInna ilayhi Raji'oon. May Allah forgive him.
First of all Eid Mubark to you all.
It is sad to see that once again our Islamic values are mistreated by executing Saddam on this holy day, well you or me think that we may not do much, but download and listen to this speech http://Urlcut.net/download story of four cows.
Our stand should be that Saddam can get death penalty for what he did, but it should not happen on this Eid day, and it should also not happen as per Americans influence or command.
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