Hussein: Shoot me if found guilty

[Janice]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Saddam Hussein has asked the court in his trial to execute him by firing squad -- "not by hanging as a common criminal" -- if it convicts him of all charges and sentences him to death.

Hussein appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since his hunger strike and hospitalization, looking thinner and complaining that he had been brought to the chamber against his will.

"I was brought against my will directly from the hospital," Hussein told the chief judge.

The ousted president made a brief statement beginning with a verse from the Quran before a court-appointed attorney began delivering the final summation on his behalf.

"If you were a real Iraqi, you would know that your country is going through extraordinary conditions," Hussein told the court.

"We not only resist this occupation. We do not acknowledge it. We do not acknowledge all the decisions it has made, including appointing the so-called government and this court you represent."

Hussein was last in court June 19 when chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi asked the court to impose the death penalty on the former ruler for his role in the deaths of Shiite Muslims in Dujail following a 1982 assassination attempt against him.

He was rushed to hospital Sunday on the 17th day of a hunger strike launched to protest the trial and demand better security for the defense team following the assassination of three of its members.

Hussein and seven co-defendants have been on trial since October 19 in the Dujail case. The court is expected to adjourn following final summations for all eight defendants and then render a verdict, possibly in mid-August.

[kevin]

Hang him and when the body drops, shoot him in the chest.

[george_r_1961]

It is customary for war criminals to be hanged.

[Janice]

I say put him in the street and let the Iraiqi's stone him to death. Shooting and hanging is too good for him.

[Aquawind]

Yep.. with tiny pebbles so it's real slow... Oh yeah they can use their shoes on him to.. major insult..

[fwbbreeze]

I say first you then you and lastly you so we all can finally him and say good riddance!!!


just my humble opinion of course
fwbbreeze

[Janice]

Hey, a little tar and feathering would be the icing on the cake.

[TexasStooge]

I say first you then you and lastly you so we all can finally him and say good riddance!!!


just my humble opinion of course
fwbbreeze

Hey, a little tar and feathering would be the icing on the cake.

[Skywatch_NC]

IMO...the Nuremberg war crimes trials went better...than this Saddam one probably ever will...he's continuously prolonging it with his shananigans, etc.
And then also the lawyer and judge assassinations, too.

[LaPlaceFF]

You put him in jail, then throw him in the garbage,blow him up, shoot him with lasers,so we can moon him and say good riddance!?