Saddam Hussein is dead but not before a lot of drama. Lets quickly read the final conversation which happened between him and his executioners:
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Saddam: Prayers be upon the Prophet Mohammad and on his family and glorify the mighty and curse his enemy.
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Saddam: Prayers be upon the Prophet Mohammad and on his family and glorify the mighty and curse his enemy.
Voice: Muqtada,Muqtada,Muqtada
Saddam: Muqtada? Is this how you show your bravery as men? Is this the bravery of Arabs? Saddam: Long Live Mohammad Baqir Sadr
Voice: Straight to Hell
Some other Voice: Please, I am begging you not to, the man is being executed
Saddam starts reading the Shahadah( first of the five pillars of Islam which all Muslims take as their creed)
Saddam:I bear witness that there is no god but god and that Mohammad is the messenger of god and I bear witness that""""
...at this point, Saddam was hanged to death....he was not able to read the full Shahadah.
Though the video is obviously disturbing, there are some interesting aspects to this whole hanging episode:
1) I am a huge opponent of capital punishment but still cannot see why Saddam should not have been hanged for his crimes. Anyone who thinks that Saddam was a martyr needs to go to a doctor and this includes all the Muslims around the world who demonstrated after his death. There cannot be any reason for anyone to mourn Saddam. If people have problem with America, that does not give them a reason to say that Saddam did not get justice.
2) Even during his last moments, Saddam did not stop playing his pranks. Notice that Saddam says "Long Live Mohammad Baqir Sadr". Grand Ayatollah Baqir Sadr who was the father of radical cleric Mutada Sadr was killed by Saddam's agent!!! But that is the beauty of this whole drama. Even in his final minutes, Saddam had to prove how much he cared for Iraq, its people and their unity. Good you are gone Mr. Hussein...Bye Bye
3) Finally, America fucks it up again...only the current administration could have made a martyr out of Saddam!!! This war truly has been a litany of mistakes on the part of this arrogant and ignorant administration...Abu Ghraib, Haditha killings, leaving Muqtada Al Sadr alive after it was clear that he was responsible for the murder of Abd Al-Majid Al-Khoi, a pro-US cleric after the war....and now the way this video came out. No doubt, this video is gross and doesn't help at all in whatever same people are trying to achieve in the country.
Saddam: Muqtada? Is this how you show your bravery as men? Is this the bravery of Arabs? Saddam: Long Live Mohammad Baqir Sadr
Voice: Straight to Hell
Some other Voice: Please, I am begging you not to, the man is being executed
Saddam starts reading the Shahadah( first of the five pillars of Islam which all Muslims take as their creed)
Saddam:I bear witness that there is no god but god and that Mohammad is the messenger of god and I bear witness that""""
...at this point, Saddam was hanged to death....he was not able to read the full Shahadah.
Though the video is obviously disturbing, there are some interesting aspects to this whole hanging episode:
1) I am a huge opponent of capital punishment but still cannot see why Saddam should not have been hanged for his crimes. Anyone who thinks that Saddam was a martyr needs to go to a doctor and this includes all the Muslims around the world who demonstrated after his death. There cannot be any reason for anyone to mourn Saddam. If people have problem with America, that does not give them a reason to say that Saddam did not get justice.
2) Even during his last moments, Saddam did not stop playing his pranks. Notice that Saddam says "Long Live Mohammad Baqir Sadr". Grand Ayatollah Baqir Sadr who was the father of radical cleric Mutada Sadr was killed by Saddam's agent!!! But that is the beauty of this whole drama. Even in his final minutes, Saddam had to prove how much he cared for Iraq, its people and their unity. Good you are gone Mr. Hussein...Bye Bye
3) Finally, America fucks it up again...only the current administration could have made a martyr out of Saddam!!! This war truly has been a litany of mistakes on the part of this arrogant and ignorant administration...Abu Ghraib, Haditha killings, leaving Muqtada Al Sadr alive after it was clear that he was responsible for the murder of Abd Al-Majid Al-Khoi, a pro-US cleric after the war....and now the way this video came out. No doubt, this video is gross and doesn't help at all in whatever same people are trying to achieve in the country.
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