Saddam

December 30, 2006 at 2:18 pm · Filed under Arabisms, Roba, Seriously

I couldn’t sleep last night.
I kept waking up every hour or so, checking my phone for time, then going back to sleep, only to wake up a little later. Even my dreams were restless.

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No one argues that Saddam was scum. But the whole affair is just so horrifyingly… savage.

It makes me laugh to think that some cliches are actually true; the world is a stage.

Eid il Adha. The celebration of sacrifice. Are you happy now?

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Where’s the next sheep?

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Previously on this topic:
Saddam and the Death Penalty




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  • http://blog.sweetestmemories.com Qwaider قويدر

    The last sacrifice

    كل عام و انتي و كل الاهل بخير

  • http://man-descending.blogspot.com Jeff

    Got home from a party late last night and it was the first thing I checked.

    It’s done. And you’re so right – it’s savage.

  • tommy

    I feel no pity for Saddam. I didn’t delight in the process of actually executing him, but the sentence was just and proper. I am not unhappy that he is gone. From this point forward, may he rest in peace. May his innumerable victims rest in peace also. It is done. It is over.

  • http://moeys.net moey

    it was nice to hear it, made my day

  • http://fresto.blogspot.com/ Fresto

    well …. i am not sure people here are well informed about the situation here …. first of all .. its not a trial …its an assasination … moreover … its systematically programed … and judged without the trial … and to add insult to injury … it was done by the americans … not iraqies ….

    anyway .. for people who talk about saddam … i am not his biggest fan… but … lets just be fair … since his “trial” wasn’t …. he is a dictator … but who isn’t?? … all around the arab world … lets kill them all …. can we .. ??!!

    and just remeber Iraq before the first gulf war … look at the education … research …. schience … economy ….. just look at these things … anyone done that in the arab world … ??????

    never forgetting his support to the palestinian resistance …. but maybe some of u think thats wrong …..

    by the way …. i am not his biggest …. and i am related to people really suffered from his regeim … but i know ALOT of people also suffered form regeims all of the arab world …..

  • http://www.oulafarawati.blogspot.com Oula Farawati

    really savage… thanks for helping me find the word to describe it!

  • http://je-suis-ici.blogspot.com Ha Ana Za

    Totally…he was utter scum and yet it is so barbaric….especially on Eid. What a way to commemorate the blessed month.

  • Zilal

    Doesn’t countries like the US and UK complain about countries like Saudi Arabia where execution is carried out? So, why now approve and condone Saddam’s

    Isn’t ‘capital punishment’ against the Western world’s principles? Against Human Rights? Doesn’t America promise democracy to Iraq and at the same time backs a ‘puppet’ government that approves execution? Are we seeing the US’s double standards again?

    Whatever Saddam did or did not do, i think what is going on now– all the killings, rape, torture, and the crazy civil war is far worse and that stability, even if under a tyrant, is much better, but i guess it is too late to bring back Saddam Hussein!

  • http://dubaiconsumermirror.blogspot.com moryarti

    I share your exact sentiments Roba … I hope he rots in hell, but the way the whole thing went down was too surreal.

  • http://amjad-h2o.maktoobblog.com أمجد

    maybe saddam has his crimes but this discharge killing him is another crime added to the daily crimes of U.S.A

  • http://moodycrazysarcasticme.blogspot.com/ G

    Fresto and Roba, i agree with both of you. i do not understand people who are rejoicing over this. I do not agree with capital punishment, and I don’t agree with many things Saddam did, but mostly, i do not agree with the Americans taking over an arab country, molding it however way they please, and to simplify their lives, they kill an ex-leader -who was an ass- AND on Eid.

    Ugh!

  • http://www.iread.blogspot.com manal y

    i add my voice to Fresto ,Roba and G…

    every step is taken to make iraq a better place to live in, is just making things even more worest and not only for the iraqi’s but for the whole arab world

  • seeba

    exactlly like what i said whos the next sheep ..
    i’m not a politic fan but the thing is eno la2aymata we’ll watch and not do anything ..

  • http://www.lwahhabi.blogspot.com L. Wahhabi

    Roba, you captured how I felt exactly. One of my closest friends, however, suffered immensely under his regime and was forced into exile for 13 LONG years. So, the last thing I’d ever want is for this nasty ass trial and its verdict to begin garnering sympathy on his behalf– which, unfortunately, it has. Al-Jazeera, for instance, was calling him a martyr and a hero through out the day, yesterday.

    I am also quite worried about its aftermath. I am rather disgusted by the short-sighted imbeciles who are celebrating this. They make this seem more “sectarian revenge” than it is justice. I’m already hearing news that sunni Arabs are calling this execution the “death of Sunni Arabs”. I don’t know what kind of craziness THAT will ignite with my brethren here in KSA. I’m already hearing talks of Riyadh intervening– not because the government isn’t a puppet ally of the US, but because of the zealous and suicidal people it governs– you can only suppress them and build fences here and there for so long. 3ad, not only is there a “bond of sect and religion”, often tribal affiliations are shared too, especially in Northern KSA, omg and tribal affiliations truly dictate, even the once apathetic will get up and fight. Now, can you imagine how the shiite minority HERE will react to that? There’s only so much Hassan Al-Saffar can explain to his people. All this and we haven’t even touched on the dangers of Iran here in the gulf.

    Ugh, basically, it’s a mess…. and I’m terrified. :-(

  • Husams

    “No one argues that Saddam was scum” it’s your opinion Roba, you can’t just talk in the name of every other person in the world! Maybe you can say “No one civilized argues that Saddam was scum” but then again falling in the same inaccuracy, because civilized is a relative term relates to which civilization you are talking, so it’s better to usually just say “ I think Saddam was a scum “ which I don’t think so.

    I do believe that population in general are naturally divided to 3 groups, 15% with an idea, 15% with an opposite idea, and 70% of population which are usually refered to as the majority of people are just standing with the winner. majority of people were cheering up for crucifying Jesus, that is just normal natural distribution and that doesn’t change who he is. I think People still mistakenly think its about right and wrong while it’s just about where are you standing.

  • http://redenclave.wordpress.com/ red_enclave: from behind closed doors

    Saddam may have been a dictator, killing innocent people, but one shouldn’t not follow his lead, we shouldn’t be as cruel as he is. Executing him on such an auspicious day is not right, nor is it right to dance on the street rejoicing his death. We should instead look at it in a different way, a reminder to all of us that God will punish us, no matter how powerful @ powerless we are. We should not stoop so low.

  • Atomic Arab

    I am Saddam’s biggest fan. I am sorry he is dead because he didn’t get to exterminate more Arabs. Better luck next time.

  • whatever

    to Husams: i am sorry i had to post this as a reply to yours, let’s say, stupid comment which is enough to prove that it came from a headless head. basically you are contradicting yourself and admitting yourself uncivilised. (proof: read above what you wrote). oh and didnt you notice how most of the arab world call him a “hero”, but then again those did not have to suffer under his regime, as i am certain nor you or your family had to. make sure you dont sound stupid next time you want to show your loyalty to some arab leader.

  • http://hareega.blogspot.com Hareega

    I never thought I’d feel pity for Saddam, I still believe he’s a bastard, but it’s unfair to kill him and leave the others.
    The trial and the way the execution was performed was an insult to all Iraqis and Arabs

  • http://www.nizarsblog.blogspot.com Nizar

    well, after i saw how Saddam Hussein was humiliated, sworn at, , executed and even more than that, he was tortured and beaten up after his death by some shia’ Iraqis, who are meant to be guards..

    At least show some respect for his last minute in life !
    they didn’t even let him resit the Al-Shehada fully..

    I was think about these last events all night

  • http://www.nizarsblog.blogspot.com Nizar

    BTW, ” Humans do not celebrate another human beings death”, at least that what makes us different from animals.

  • http://Darkfalafel.Blogspot.Com Falafel

    I didnt sleep that day also. It really differrs in the way you think of it. I don’t disagree that he was awful, but when you see what is happening after him, you’ll think the opposite. The only arabic president that i knew when i was a kid, because i left kuwait after the invasion. No matter what is said and done, he remains alot better than most of the rulers of the arabic world, you could say one of the best of the worst. The execution video would take its place in history, never i saw a man so tough like that, mocking his opponents right before he was hanged. May he rest in peace, he and his victims. Long live the nation, and freedom for Palestine.

  • anonymous

    oh Roba, how about giving justice to everyone’s scumness and admit all arab leaders to be scums?

  • A.

    Zilal, please don’t tar us all with the same brush!! North America has capital punishment, but Europe does not.

    I do not know about Islam, but hanging someone is a very, very un-Christian thing to do.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennashaw Jenna

    “Zilal, please don’t tar us all with the same brush!! North America has capital punishment, but Europe does not.

    I do not know about Islam, but hanging someone is a very, very un-Christian thing to do.”

    Not to mention that Saddam was in American, and not European, custody. The American and the British are very different indeed. We both speak English, but we don’t necessarily always speak the same language…

    I’m glad Saddam is out of the way, and I’m sure I echo the sentiments of many when I say that, but I’m not necessarily glad that he is DEAD.

    I don’t think capital punishment can ever be justified. Not by Sharia law, not by the US Military, not by any “justice” system in any country, under any circumstance. What can possibly ever be gained by the execution of a person? It’s the age-old question that nobody ever seems to be able to answer adequately.

  • http://philocrapy.blogspot.com Sleepoholic

    Well as an Iraqi . when i just started to understand things my parents told me don’t say anything about Saddam they will kill your father … it was scary living in such a place . anyway Saddam is no more . the thing is we still have something human when we see someone killed or hanged we feel bad for him … The Bad thing is I felt Bad for him but if i had said something about him in the past and he would have killed my family , destroyed my street would he feel bad for me .. that’s the difference …
    But Executing was not good they should have kept him in the prison .
    Sorry for the long entry but something i wanted to say .
    Thanks

  • Rabee

    Reasons why the execution of Saddam is wrong:

    1) most Arab leaders deserve the same fate and have slaughtered untold number of political dissidents and innoncent. Yet those brutal regimes considered friendly to US are praised and protected.

    2) If Saddam was overthrown by an Iraqi revolt and later executed after a fair trail, then it’s the decision of the Iraqi people. Iraq is an American-occupied territory and those who caught saddam and those who hanged him are American invasion soldiers.

    3) The Americans and the British killed thousands of innocent Arabs directy or indirectly, by providing bombs to Israel, in Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine. Why Saddam? As a matter of fact, the Americans and the Brits killed far more innocents than al-Qaeda can or could kill.

    4) Saddam knew too much for the US to let go of him. A life sentence would have given Saddam plenty of time to spill the beans. The Americans refused to turn Saddam over to an international court, like Slobedan, for fear he will not be killed. A trial in a US-occupied Iraq by Saddam’s political foes will ensure his execution and all the dirty secrets will die with him.

    5) the demeaning visuals associated with the capture of Saddam and his execution, when contrasted with the respectful treatment Slobo the Rapist received, send a disturbing message about the depth of the American hatred for Arabs. Not even Nazi or Imperial Japanese war criminals who committed far more heinous atrocities received this racist treatment.

    6) the choice of the first day of Sunni holiday, with US approval, was designed to fan the flames of sectarian hatred, a mission the US and Brits have committed themselves to part of a larger regional strategy to divide and conquer.

  • http://exzombie.blogspot.com EXzombie

    I was enraged with the execution and the timeing of it, firstly, they hanged him because of one case and didn’t wait for the rest of the other cases to end, and this was a first in the whole of the world where you trial someone and kill him during a trial…..!!!

    the timeing sucked since it was during eid, and gave saddam a “Shaheed”s image that he doesn’t deserve…..!!!

    the whole process is wrong since the crimes saddam commited was against the Iraqis, Kurds, Iranians, and Kuwaitis, the trial should be in an international court, aside from the Lahai’s war crimes courts (that can prolong to 8 or 15 years, propably ending with the death as to what happened with Milo.)….!!!

    he deserved to die, wether it’s cruel or not, the crimes that he commeted were too severe to let him live, life itself was a gift he didn’t deserve……!!!

  • Fares Al Kadi

    Saddam…May God Rest UR Soul

  • http://nourch.wordpress.com/ NouR

    I’m totally against execution to saddam or to anybody. But sadam is still a cruel murderous and he committed many genocides against many people. He caused many troubles to his neighbours and his nation… He should have been punished to be a good lesson to all dictators in this world.

    Another point if they executed him he will be considered as martyr and he doesn’t deserve that honour… this is another reason why he should not be executed.. they should have left him in prison.

    Anyway, everything these days seem illogical. And the common sense is not common.

    May mercy be upon him.
    And may peace spread everywhere.

  • Zilal

    A.
    i don’t wan to tar anybody with any brush. i was talking about laws in different places and what we are sick of hearing on the news every single day.
    And btw, people your side of the planet tar people who are different with the same brush too: all arabs are rich, all saudis are terrorists, all muslims suicide bombers etc. we all fall into that trap one time or another.
    as to killing being a very un-chistian thing, well, isn’t Bush (Americans, who are killing people in Iraq) Christians?..i wonder..