49 minutes for the Iraqis to execute Saddam...

[originalpckelly]

if they intend to do it before Eid.

Time in Baghdad, Iraq:
11:11 PM

Al-Iraqiya TV has not announced execution as of yet, here is a link to their site in English.

http://english.iraqimedianet.net/

[MadMaddie]

1. It's sick.....

[Stephanie]

14. A deeply sick reflection of the mind of Our Dear Leader

[originalpckelly]

21. Indeed it is...

as is this whole war.

[liberaldemocrat7]

39. Will the hanging end up on youtube?

.

[MGD]

40. I'll bet you a dollar that it does.

[dogindia]

16. CALL WH and even Jeb...somebody....Compassion and Love is the only way

Stop the execution

[e-mail]

Comments: 202-456-1111

Jeb's chief of staff
I got through a mnute ago.

Mark Kaplan, Chief of Staff
850 / 488-5603

[originalpckelly]

19. He's not in our custody anymore. There doesn't seem to be any way of turning back.

[dogindia]

24. really...guess who really has all the fire power in Iraq.

Don't kid yourself. And who is calling the shots. I say call Jeb....He is the one that wants to inherit the power. LOVE AND COMPASSION IS THE ONLY WAY.

[Deep13]

2. What's "Eid"?

[seriousstan]

3. If only you had the internet you could Google "Eid".

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

18. Oh Get A Hold Of Yourself. Really.

Don't be so hateful towards those seeking assistance, as there is no honor in that whatsoever.

[seriousstan]

27. Give a fish or teach to fish? I agree, I should have been more polite.

Sometimes repeatedly seeing the same deficiency irritates me to the point that I forget these are different people. I'll try harder.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

28. As You Can See From Some Of The Confusion Even In This Thread, Googling EID May Not Have Been

productive here, as there could be multiple results etc...

Sometimes it is definitely more efficient to just take the lazy way out and simply ask directly, ya know?

[seriousstan]

46. What I meant to say was ...give a man a fish he eats for the day...

teach a man to fish, he has a reason to drink near the water for the rest of his life.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

47. I'll Drink To That.

[Midlodemocrat]

32. Dude. Can't you help out a fellow DUer?

Is that so hard? Wouldn't it have been just as easy to type your response rather than your snark?

[LSK]

34. that was rude

[originalpckelly]

4. Here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Adha

He cannot be executed on a Muslim holiday, if he celebrates it, just like any other Iraqi prisoner.

[lonestarnot]

41. I am disgusted by any death penalty carried out by anyone.

Barbarians should leave the freak in prison.

[cali]

6. Eid is the celebration

of the end of Ramadan.

[originalpckelly]

7. That's one of them, but the one happening tomorrow for Sunnis...

is about the Hajj and Ibrahim.

[etherealtruth]

9. No that is Eid al-fitr

This Eid uladha (sp) is the celebration following hajj ... my former inlaws always referred to it as bukkr (sp) Eid ... I can't remember what it specifically commemorates.

[Recursion]

30. Eid means "holiday"; there are several

عيد, for those of you with Unicode-aware browsers, is roughly equivalent to "-fest" or "-mas" in English, and just like we have Michelmas and Whitsunmas and Christmas and Octoberfest, there are several عيد as well (I would put that in plural but I can't get the little circle with two dots to work). Sunday is the Eid that's for Abraham.

[itsmesgd]

5. but then how long till they tell us or release the movie?

[originalpckelly]

8. I don't know.

They will probably announce it on Al-Iraqiya TV.

[EST]

10. It has probably already been done.

The liars and power brokers are very likely just trying to keep the lid on.

[originalpckelly]

12. I don't know, I think his lawyers would know that by now.

Here is a link to Al-Iraqiya TV's webcast:
http://english.iraqimedianet.net /

Has to be viewed in IE however.

[etherealtruth]

11. This is horrifying ...

...and I despise Saddam Hussein.

[originalpckelly]

13. I am so worried about the violence which may come of this execution.

So frightening for the poor troops in Iraq.

[etherealtruth]

17. I'm with you

It's frightening for everyone there.

The Chimp has created such a cluster &%&# there.

[originalpckelly]

20. I have this sinking feeling as I'm counting down..

that this moment may spark widespread violence. It's a very creepy scary feeling of impending doom.

[etherealtruth]

22. I think the idea is to do it after 9 PM

When the Iraqi's are used to being off the streets for curfew ... it might stem the violence for a while.

[originalpckelly]

23. Well, it's past that time in Iraq.

[Midlodemocrat]

33. I completely agree with you.

and, I felt the same way at the parading of the photos of his dead sons. It's morbid on every level.

[etherealtruth]

36. It's barbaric

one would have hoped we were better than this

[originalpckelly]

15. Al-Iraqiya seems to be discussing the impending killing of Saddam.

[TornadoTN]

29. I can't really figure much of that out at this point

They seem to be skipping around a lot on the video feed. The most distressing thing that I saw was an obviously Western produced propaganda film for the Iraqi Police force featuring small children. Since I don't speak nor understand the language, I can only guess what it was trying to convey, but it seemed to be in the same vain as the "Smokey The Bear" type commercials.

[originalpckelly]

31. Yep.

Straight up propaganda.

[TornadoTN]

35. Is it just me or does that entire network stink of that?

Since this is my first time watching this particular network, I may be entirely off base, but everything about the production values and message just seem to have a contrived and carefully scripted message. The reason why it hits me that quickly is that the entire delivery seems forced and the messages are westernized public service announcements. They don't even look anything like Al Jazeera news or any other network from that region.

I thought the Iraqi people were getting their country back, but it appears that they can't even have their own news network that isn't censored and approved by someone or something here in the U.S.

[michaz]

25. Why does it have to be

hanging? And why do they have to video it? My God, it is so barbaric!

[originalpckelly]

26. I know, it's a very barbaric way of doing things...

as I understand it, this not only happens to Hussein, but all Iraqis given the death penalty.

[sallyseven]

45. They hung thirteen people last week

They had bags on their heads and ropes around their necks. They did not show them swinging. They were however all standing in a line.

[originalpckelly]

37. They seem to be building up to something, they've been showing...

people being beaten. They also had Saddam. If I had to guess they are getting ready to announce his execution.

[TornadoTN]

38. Yeah, I posted about it in another thread

Interesting that they continually show these images over and over and over again

[malaise]

42. I just heard one of the lawyers

on CNN saying this is total confusion. They received an email that he was handed over to the Iraqis then an appeal went to a DC district court that if the US does not take him back, this would be an impeachable offense for Bush. Expect a total mess re Saddam's lynching.

[TornadoTN]

43. Interesting

I would really like to hear the reasoning with regards to the "impeachable offense". It was my understanding that he was the property of the Iraqi Government (whatever that is) and they would have to abide by their rules, effectively limiting any kind of legal appeal in the U.S. or International Courts.

But with the way this whole thing has been going, nothing would surprise me at this point.

[TornadoTN]

44. Self-Delete

Dupe