Comments on: What’s wrong with hanging Saddam?

By: Muhammed Abdul-Malik

Muhammed Abdul-Malik — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:13:44 +0000

Insha’Allaah, we will see true justice on Al Yawmul-Qiyaamah regardless of the petty bickering of the dunya.

By: dave

dave — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:31:38 +0000

it seemed a bit swift for my liking. how many secrets has he taken to the grave with him? i am sure he would have had lots to tell if given the chance but the powers that be obviously struck a deal somewhere that that wouldnt be allowed to happen. he must have had some really damaging info on the house of bush. anyway, one down two to go. they are coming after you next george and tony!

By: ummabdulla

ummabdulla — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:30:03 +0000

Assalaamu alaikum,

I’m irritated that they did it on the first day of Eid (for the Sunnis in the region anyway). They couldn’t have waited?

By: DrM

DrM — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:42:43 +0000

No pRickler, I meant EVERYBODY, including the Americans and British who armed and aided him during the war against Iran(a war I’m sure you approved of). Not to mention the terrorists who invaded Iraq in 2003. Suffering from selective memory loss are we?

By: JDsg

JDsg — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:53:40 +0000

I don’t have a problem with Saddam’s execution; however, I would have liked to have delayed it, if only to have Saddam testify concerning all his other crimes.

By: Muslim Apple

Muslim Apple — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:27:27 +0000

Asalamu alaykum,

I was thinking the same thing, it does not make sense to even go through the farce of a trial for heads of state, what sentence can there be for crimes on such a grand scale other than death.

By: Abu Sinan

Abu Sinan — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:45:59 +0000

Too bad they cannot do what the Romans did. If you killed three people they would drown you until you blacked out. They would bring you back, and drown you again.

That way, effectively, you “died” three times. But hey, considering this guy killed thousands, that method would take awhile.

By: Old Pickler

Old Pickler — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:15:40 +0000

DrM - you mean the French and the former Soviet Union, who supplied the vast bulk of arms to Saddam during that period?

By: DrM

DrM — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:24:53 +0000

My only regret is that those who armed and supported him throughout the 70s and 80s aren’t on death row.

By: Old Pickler

Old Pickler — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:22:26 +0000

Spot on, Yusuf.

I doubt there will be many Iraqi tears shed over his hanging.

It could be argued that the outcome of his trial was a foregone conclusion, but only because he had obviously “done it”. He had a fairer trial than a lot of his subjects.

I can’t understand why some Muslims (not too many Iraqis) support him. He was a secular dictator.