Saddam Hussein arrested - Page 3

Snotty · December 14, 2003, 08:42

'this is no time for sound bites, but I feel the hand of history around Saddams neck'

Gangerolf · December 14, 2003, 08:45

dannubis · December 14, 2003, 08:49

yay !!!

finally justice can be served

let's hope this brings the common people of iraq a little closer to a much earned and highly paid peace.

Gangerolf · December 14, 2003, 08:50

Saddam gets a dental exam

Shi Huangdi · December 14, 2003, 08:51

Hurrah!

That man has do so much evil to his own people. Now he gets to face justice.

Jaguar · December 14, 2003, 08:55

w00t!

aaglo · December 14, 2003, 08:57

Yeah!

Well, it took a while, but I hope things will be better in iraq from now on...

So, good luck

Skanky Burns · December 14, 2003, 08:59

Good news indeed.

So he has been hiding in his own country? Smart...

General Ludd · December 14, 2003, 09:01

You'd think with half a million dollars he could get a hair cut.

alva · December 14, 2003, 09:02

Kudos to the person who recognised him ,that can't have easy

Snotty · December 14, 2003, 09:03

He was a beardy guy hiding in a pit. I think you get arrested by default.

Shi Huangdi · December 14, 2003, 09:07

They say he's going to be handed over to a local war tribunal. They don't have lethal injection or anything like that in Iraq. I wonder what form of execution will be used.....

Tripledoc · December 14, 2003, 09:11

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Originally posted by Winston
Waits for the enraged lefties to denounce this as yet another attempt to cover up the fact that it's all about oil and Bush's re-election.

Dumme Dänen.

Harry Tuttle · December 14, 2003, 09:12

Just verified - Iraqi Judges in Iraq for the war crimes tribunal. I'm sure hanging will be the verdict, just as it was in Nuremburg. We said he was stil alive, we said he was still hiding, and we said we'd get the bastard!

Booyah! Take that you evil killing f***!

Winston · December 14, 2003, 09:19

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Originally posted by Tripledoc

Dumme Dänen.

You must really be desperate to resort to 60 year old Nazi sayings like that.

aaglo · December 14, 2003, 09:21

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MOBIUS · December 14, 2003, 09:22

YES! Fantastic news! Hopefully this will remove some of the inspiration for many of the attackers and that attacks against coalition forces might start to subside.

Best of all he was actually captured without a shot instead of being blown to smithereens like his sons - now he can go to trial for his crimes!

What we need to do now is hand him over to the Iraqis and let them try him! A fair trial of course...

Hopefully this will speed up the process of getting Iraq back on its feet as the shadow of Saddam is finally lifted...

Given the humiliating way he was captured in a hole with less than a million dollars, I doubt very much at all he had anything to do with the resistance effort - time will tell.

Gangerolf · December 14, 2003, 09:22

I reckon firing squad is more likely

MOBIUS · December 14, 2003, 09:26

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Originally posted by Gangerolf
I reckon firing squad is more likely

Some might say that would be a fair trial...

Harry Tuttle · December 14, 2003, 09:27

Ooooooh, hey, maybe even stoning. They like that over there.

Gangerolf · December 14, 2003, 09:30

Do they have the death penalty in Iraq?

Vlad Antlerkov · December 14, 2003, 09:30

Wow. I'm surprised he didn't put up a fight. Any guesses on how long ago he ran out of razors?

Vlad Antlerkov · December 14, 2003, 09:32

(nevermind. mods, please delete.)

BeBro · December 14, 2003, 09:34

LOL those pics of him with this beard

MOBIUS · December 14, 2003, 09:35

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Originally posted by Gangerolf
Do they have the death penalty in Iraq?

With Saddam in power for the last few decades, what do you think...?

Pekka · December 14, 2003, 09:35

YEEEEESSS!!!! Way to go USA!!

This is HUGE meaning, you know it. Now, Iraqis don't have to be afraid of Saddam getting back at them, because he's not going to be walking the streets of Iraq anymore! HUGE setback (biggest possible) for resistance, HUGE morale boost for allied forces and USA and Iraq... People started wondering if he can ever be caught.. but he got caught.

BeBro · December 14, 2003, 09:37

Why doesn´t he have a Santa cap?

Gangerolf · December 14, 2003, 09:42

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Originally posted by MOBIUS

With Saddam in power for the last few decades, what do you think...?

I know the constitution was delayed, but do they still use the laws from the Saddam era?

Anyway, even if they don't have it, chances are they'll make an exeption for him

mrboo123 · December 14, 2003, 09:46

Ah WHOO!

They got the a$$hole! But... attacks I think will happen more often, and more deadly for a week or two...

but after that, the REAL rebuilding can start,

(now, if only we can get osama....)

GePap · December 14, 2003, 09:47

First of all, first prize to Winston for being the frst one cynical enough to bring up politics and use this to dneounce the other side: well done buddy!

My first reaction to the photos was, how come his hair isn;t all white? Those pics they were showing of him don;t look anything like this.

It is great that he was captured, and captured like he was_ basically totally humiliated-hidding in a hole in the ground, puts up no fight whatsoever, looks like a scared old man..this crushes the image he spent 30 years cultivating

NOw, the big questions are:
1. Does this have any affect on the violence? Hard to say, but right now we see how the assumptions about the insurgency correlate to the real world: now that the biggest "dead-ender" is in custody, what happens?

2. How is risoner Hussein treated? This depends on how he is qualified-if they charge him with war crimas and crimes against humanity this bring up the third question:

3. What venue will he be tried in? An Iraqi court, or an international tribunal? (for acts committed against Iran and Kuwait as well). This wil be a tough decision to make.

the fourth question is what he has to say, and how does it come out: lots of people want to talk to this guy, pick his brain: in theory he answer to the WMD and link to Al Qaeda question are his, and you can;t be in power 30 years and not know things you and I don't know, even about other events. So will the Military allow him press access or not?