Is Saddam Husain's execution necessary?

raj

all u guys support to hang him must know that if sadam has killed 100 people then bush is killing 1000 people every weeek because of his war game.
if u go through history u might notice that america once used iraq to fight against iran and supplied iraq wit wepons .
america once used taliban to fight against soviets and after the war the americans left the talibans to suffer .
if saddam has to be hanged then both senior and junior bush must be hanged

Rick R

Did you not see the atrocities that he and his army have done to his own people. This is a mad man. He must be put to death.

pebbles

Have you seen the videos of what he has done to his own people? A human being that is capable of doing that should be put to death. It would be a different story if he ever showed any compassion for people, but he never did.

Robin L

I believe the people of Iraq made a just and fair decision. He carried out brutal and vicious acts against his own people and now he has to step up to the plate.

rosey

What about how he treated his own countrymen: men, women and children. He is a bonafide monster and deserves to be hanged. I think you should go live in Iraq.

i dont think it will make any difference whether he is executed or not...........nothing will happen to this world or nothing will change here by this execution/....

Tapestry6

Those are his people dealing with him with their own laws. He did a lot of bad things to a lot of them and they can handle it whatever way they want.

Most dictators end up being executed because putting him in prison would do no good; dictators can return, like Napoleon when he got banished from France. Death makes sure he doesn't come back. It also takes him to a Higher Court.

sharrona

Saddam should had STOPPED the execution of the innocent people he slaughtered and buried in mass graves.

He's is just getting what he gave!!

hulchul

yes it is necessary.
and it is already decided that he will be hanged within 36 hours from now. check news channel

The people of Iraq have made this decision, and will carry out the execution. It is quite justified in this situation.

elaeblue

I think he must be put to death so that the Iraqi people can see that the court system does work and they can have faith in it.

alhossami46

yes

lollipops_mum

He has murdered countless innocents - so on the one hand he has suffered nothing in comparison to his victims and their families. He has caused untold grief to millions by subjecting the citizens of Iraq to a tyranny of fear of death or serious abuse for the duration as the ruler of Iraq and I suppose you feel that that is OK. However, for someone like this, death is too easy - I should prefer him to live for two reasons 1) He should suffer for the rest of a long life in the same way that he treated others and 2) So his executors do not lower themselves to his level.

Just you ask yourself that if it had been your family he had killed would you be quite so sympathetic?

/b/ baller

yes.

Wicked Good

Your supporting evidence is truly laughable. (please work on spelling and sentence structure if you expect to be taken seriously)

Did Saddam do what the Iraqi people needed when he slaughtered his own people? Invaded Kuwait? What about all the women and children he killed, in addition to those who were denied food from the Oil for Food program? What about the babies taken out of incubators in Kuwait?

Did you not see the Iraqi citizens who fled the country during his rein of terror celebrate? Perhaps you missed the Iraqi people living in exile in Michigan who were celebrating in the streets? Or perhaps you somehow missed that it was the Iraqi government who put Saddam on trial, convicted him and carried out his sentence? There was no interference's from the US.

No need to awake the White House the Americans are not the ones who have put him on trial it is the IRAQI people who tried, convicted and carried out his sentence. Do you even read the newspaper? If you were educated on the subject you would KNOW this.

rumy

My personal point of view..Capital Punishment should be stopped. No man has the right to execute another for what ever may be the crime done. We should find another form of punishment that makes the person realise his mistake.The same applies to Saddam.He shud be made to realize his mistake and just not be put to death...

Mr. Underhill

Itâ€™s hardly a panacea for Iraqâ€™s ills. Sadam learns nothing from this, as heâ€™s now dead. I think there an undeniable disconnect between what's truly punishment or justice and what's basically an act of hollow retribution.

A life sentence in an Iraqi prison (complete with your friendly neighbourhood torturer) would have allowed Sadam to realize the folly of his bad deeds, whereas an execution (unless you believe in "the afterlife") serves no purpose except soothing the calls for vengeance.

In any case, for religious fanatics and their followers, execution serves nothing more than a reaffirmation and justification of their cause. Therefore, if the rumours are true that Sadam found God (during the months leading up to his trial and his subsequent execution), itâ€™s fair to say that ultimately Sadam has had the last laugh.

velvetsmartguy

Trust me there are 100's of people who have done worse than Saddam and they are sitting in a nice prison cell in Europe. It will not heal the Iraqi people if this man is executed. Man i cant stand Bush and how he keeps ******* up this world. I am sure U.S put some pressure on the courts on this case just like all the other issues in Iraq. Those who have the boots and guns have the power not some stupid puppet government run by washington. We should put Bush on trial when he is done for the deaths of 2500+ of our boys in Iraq for no reason.

Noodles

I think he is evil. And thus must be rid of this world. I do however pray that he has a spiritual enlightenment moment before he is done away with. And really, who am I or you or any American to say if he stays and lives or is executed? The Iraqi courts played their part. They made their choice and all we should do is respect that. Or you could just watch American Idol.

corporalblack

Too late he has been executed. Execution is a primitive form of punishment. But we must understand that Bush is too stupid to understand this. He cannot even remember what his spin doctors tell him to say. The execution of Husain is nothing but murder. Bush and Blair should be charged for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. I am a lawyer by proffession. I cannot understand that the imperialist forces invaded Iraq for Weapons of Mass Destruction, but found none. How is it then possible to try Husain for other crimes, convict him and execute him. That is not only wrong but immoral. The American, British and Iraq soldiers and civilians killed by the bombs in Iraq is indicative of irreponsible conduct. More lives will be lost unnecessarily for Husain's execution. I'm an atheist, however Bush and Blair are not. But their actions show that they are not true believers. If they do believe in God they have just usurped Gods powers. Surely God would have dealt with Husain's actions appropriately. The thing is that Bush and Blair truly do not believe in God. It is purely a pretence. Why did the British and Americans not overthrow the South African Apartheid Government for the gross crimes against the Black majority. Why do they not step in and stop the genocide in Sri Lanka at present. Bush is an idiot and should be sent to prison solely on the basis that 3000 american lives were lost unnessarily in Iraq. Blair is a sellout in that he may be Prime Minister of Britain and won elections on a Labour Party ticket, but has sold the workers out in Britain. He is worst than Thatcher when it comes to workers rights. Both of them are so thick skinned that nothing can embarrass them. Can they sleep at night? Of course, they have no conscience. I must state that Husain was no angel and should have been tried for his crimes against the Iraqi civilians, but the death sentence is inappropriate. One of Husain's greatest crimes is the manner in which he killed animals when he was a teenager. He used to heat a iron rod until it was red hot and then plunge it into an animals stomach which would split the animal into half. I am an animal activist and cannot condone those actions. I have been a vegetarian for about fifteen years, but I must admit that I do miss meat at times, but I am principled and a moralist. I wear plastic shoes, plastic belt and carry a plastic wallet. I refuse to use any insecticides. I believe that every being on earth has a right to live freely and fairly.

jdc117101

If not this guy then who ? should we just wait for all murderers to get a cancer ? It is people like you and thinking like yours that let evil to get a foot hold and florish. Learn from HISTORY. Also dont call bush call the Iraqi Government .

mcher

I think that Saddam deserve his death but i dont like it when it comes from USA, and i dont think that it came in a good time when all muslims has there first day of Eid .

Joe P

No, he should have been SHOT right on the spot when he was found.
Saved us all the money of the trial.
I think he was treated better than he treated any of his captives.
This is a murderer and a tyrant that killed many Innocent people.

This should have been done many years ago on the original invasion.

liketoaskq

I am sorry to say that once it is decided by pentagon, it will never be taken back. They will do that and this is what they decided 15 years before.

This mainly to teach a lesson to the Arab world and keep them under control for ever.

RAMAN IOBIAN

SUDDAM HUSAIN WOULD NOT BE HANGED
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BECAUSE IT ONLY SATISFY THE GEORGE
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BUSH'S WISHES
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leave me alone

Oh yes necessary, but isn't Bush's execution necessary too ???? with all the people that died because of him ! And What about Sharon and all the other a$$holes?? well watever , life has never been fair anyway !!

Ruthinia

I don't believe in the death penalty either but I also detest making someone like the "Butcher of Baghdad" an innocent martyr.
Its going to happen. What I suggest is that you pray for his awakening and conversion.

carpediem

An eye for an eye in the world is blind. Punishment by death makes the punisher no better than the one being punished. I agree he's probably done some terrible things but execution in this day and age is not the answer.

Uma Nath Gore

Is this a solution ? I suppose, NOT. Rather, he would be free from all agonies or the fate which he is now in. When he is already in the state custody / prison, why hang him ? Put him to regourous life imprisonment, so that he is made to realise what he was actually upto.

thinker_T

First of all Saddam has gone through due process and been found guilty of mass murder by a jury of his peers and his appeal was considered and rejected. There are multiple charges which he could have been tried for other than this one which yes all include mass murder including the order to kill 180,000 Kurds. These reasons alone are more than enough to convict any human regardless of former political status to death.

Second of all this is a show of resolve by the people of Iraq that they can now deal with their own legal issues quickly and efficiently. This is an assertion of the freedom which we have helped them gain and it is a truly important landmark of how far they have come. If we were to intervene in this ruling by a court of Iraq and its people after having told these people you are free to make your own decisions we would destroy much of what we and they have accomplished together.

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