Suddam Hussein Trial is over!!

[Marilyn Lawson]

Heard this when I woke up this morning.
I hope the country can finally settle down and come together.
Here is part of the article. Go to CNN to see the rest of the story.
Marilyn



BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi High Tribunal on Sunday sentenced a combative Saddam Hussein and two other defendants to death by hanging for a brutal crackdown in 1982 in the Shiite town of Dujail.

Iraqis under a curfew in Baghdad spilled out into the streets in celebration of the verdict, news footage showed. But protests were held in Saddam Hussein's hometown.

Along with Hussein, his half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan Hassan, and former chief judge of the Revolutionary Court Awad Bandar also got death. (Watch Hussein shout protests during sentencing -- 4:05 )

Taha Yassin Ramadan, a former vice president of Iraq, was sentenced to life in prison.

"The verdict was predetermined and has nothing to do with court proceedings," Ramadan said.

Mohammed Azzawi Ali, a former Dujail Baath Party official, was acquitted because of insufficient evidence against him, the court said.

The three others -- Abdullah Kadhem Ruwaid, Ali Dayem Ali, and Misher Abdullah Ruwaid -- were sentenced to 15 years each.

There will be automatic appeals for the four who were sentenced to death and life in prison.

The 50-minute session was dramatic. Hussein entered with a Quran in hand, as he had in the past. He began screaming Allahu Akhbar -- God is great -- as the verdict and sentencing was read.

He also argued with the chief judge and shouted, "Damn you and your court."

As the judge ordered him taken away, Hussein said, "Don't push me, boy."

Bandar also screamed Allahu Akhbar as he was taken out of court.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/05/dujail.saddam/index.html

[Jim Franklin]

Be sure sin is found out.

[Bruce Carriker]

I found myself feeling sort of sorry for the guy...not in a compassionate way, as much as in a pathetic way. And while I am generally opposed to the death penalty anyway, I really wonder what we're going to accomplish by giving the Sunnis a martyr. While the violence may recede in the long run, I'm guessing that in the immediate aftermath of his execution there will be a significant spike in sectarian violence, particularly in those areas loyal to Saddam.

I wonder if he would not serve our cause better if he were simply incarcerated and preserved as a living example that, in the long run, tyranny doesn't pay.

There were rumors that Stalin wanted Hitler captured alive, so he could keep him imprisoned, and then cart him down the streets of Moscow in a cage during their big military parades (I know one was in October - anniversary of the revolution. The other, I think, was in May.) Finding that I might agree with Stalin on some issue will no doubt delight some on this board, but I still wonder if a living example might not be better than a dead martyr.

[Barb Bouldrey]

We need to pray for our soldiers more than ever right now. I am sure that this will set off an increased amount of attacks on our soldiers.

I, too, am afraid that Saddam will become a martyr for his supporters and terrorists.

Barb

[William Hunter]

We need to pray for our soldiers more than ever right now. I am sure that this will set off an increased amount of attacks on our soldiers.

I, too, am afraid that Saddam will become a martyr for his supporters and terrorists.

Barb

You are right, Barb, that prayers of protection nned to be prayed for the forces of those countries involved in trying to free Iraq from its former sick leadership.

You may be right, too, about this sick man being a martyr, but then what else do we expect from a pagan religion born in the pit of hell as a deception to take people away the one and only way to God, Jesus Christ. I know some try to argue that muslims are peace loving, but that is just not the case. Its two main factions believe in genocide of each other and anyone else who does not believe like they do. I think the only reason we do not see more of that in our country is our rule of law, in its forming, was based on the Ten Commandments.

[BobHunt]

As was reported on FOX today by a specialist, Sadam is a survivor! He still has it in his mind that there will be some way to avoid death and maybe go into exile in France or some other country. There will be an automatic appeal to this death sentence. He still thinks he is the leader of Iraq and even said today that the violence should stop.