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One man shouts "Moqtada, Moqtada, Moqtada," a reference to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who heads a powerful Shi'ite political movement and a militia blamed by Washington and Sunni Arabs for running death squads targeting Saddam's Sunni Arab minority.
After he falls, the cry "The tyrant has fallen" is audible over shouting and other comments that could not be made out.
But a crude cell-phone video leaked less than 24 hours later goes much further — showing bitter exchanges between Hussein and his Shiite guards. After Hussein offers prayers, the guards shout praise for Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric whose father is believed to have been murdered by Hussein’s regime. They chant, “Muqtada! Muqtada! Muqtada!†Hussein smiles. “Is this how you show your bravery as men?†he asks. “Straight to hell,†someone shouts back at him. “Is this the bravery of Arabs?†Hussein asks. A sole voice is heard trying to silence the taunts. “Please, I am begging you not to,†the unknown man says. “The man is being executed.†Another shout, “Long live Mohammed Baqir Sadr†— referring to Muqtada al-Sadr’s father-in-law and a founder of the Shiite Dawa movement who was executed by the Hussein regime. Dawa is al-Maliki’s party. The taunts continued, and the trapdoor dropped shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday. Hussein was hanged. (Watch Hussein’s last moments Video) Immediately after, Shiite witnesses danced around his body, chanting celebratory slogans.
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What I don't understand is why all those people were present to begin with. Wasn't a few witnesses enough? And then, when it all became chaos, why present the Iraqi television with an edited version where everything went calmly? They know they blew the whole thing, and now all that there's left is to find a scapegoat (=the guy holding the mobile phone).
Quote from: odeon on January 03, 2007, 03:58:51 PMWhat I don't understand is why all those people were present to begin with. Wasn't a few witnesses enough? And then, when it all became chaos, why present the Iraqi television with an edited version where everything went calmly? They know they blew the whole thing, and now all that there's left is to find a scapegoat (=the guy holding the mobile phone).That's the way it works (or rather; doesn't work) in those countries. That's the kind of mentality that we westerners should be so thankful to eagerly embrace...
No, I mean that there was a lot of people at the hanging that didn't belong there.
+ Ozy.
The Iraqi people deserve whatever government they get! As far as I'm concerned, let them kill each other to their hearts content. The point being.......we should never have been there! It was just a bunch of deluded old men..cheney, rumsfeld, rove, and a stupid moron named bush aka shrub, that have the blood of 3000 good soldiers on their hands.I hope they all burn in the fires of hell!
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