Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, former President of Iraq, was hanged at approximately 6:00 AM this morning for crimes against humanity following his trial for the killing of 148 Shias in the town of Dujail in 1982. His last word was a sarcastic "Muqtada," and then he was hanged. The execution took place at the secure facility "Camp Justice" in northern Baghdad, a security base once used by Saddam. Contrary to initial reports, Saddam was executed alone, and not at the same time as his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, who will be executed after the Eid ul-Adha holiday. Video of his final minutes have been released in the last half-hour.

But was it him or a look alike lol

yes he was executed alone, but with a huge audience watching him.


and what does "muqtada" mean?

Muqtada is a person.

Four guards, who were apparently followers of Muqtada Sadr, the militant Shiite cleric whose father was killed by Hussein, cried out "Muqtada Sadr!".
Saddam scoffed and replied with a sarcastic "Muqtada". Then he was hanged.

Do we trust them though?

i heard he asked NOT to be blind-folded when the execution happened!

I'm sure it will be on YouTube within the hour.

Atleast he had a means of execution where he would have suffered!

Yes, I heard that too... so I assume everyone got to see that it was the genuine Saddam who got executed.

He refused a hood or blindfold.

however he wore a hood when he was executed, like all other hanged murderers. didnt he?

thats true.He would have had to suffocate for at least 2mins.ouch!

No I think you die pretty quickly when your hanged, by being dropped, as it breaks your neck!

actually thats true.But it depends how badly it breaks your neck.Ive heard of people who were hanged that way and survived for 30mins.

I remember learning how a hanging works in History (to do with the hangings after the second world war). They take your weight and other details and work out how they can kill you in the quickest amount of time. Once you drop most of the time its only about 1-5 seconds before your dead.

well of course these people i heard about lived 300yrs ago and were each sent a reprieve from the king after 20-40minutes.

I don't think it's on youtube yet, but I DO have a valid link of the complete thing, poor quality footage taken from a mobile phone video camera. It's a bit sick though, and I don't think Kestral would approve of me posting it on here. It's not something I approve of anyway, I just followed the link just to see if the poster was lying or not. Honest.

I find watching any coverage of it sickening no matter how much the man has done. It does not alter how I hate to watch real death.

well, different people have different opinions on this, and to be honest i would do what MM did, also just to see Saddam go.He deserved it.

It was a hood.

And it was a hood that he got.