The "sovereign" Iraqi state endured the spectacle of their former "evil dictator's" execution carried out on a US military base in the heart of the Iraqi capitol.
The highest Iraqi elected official brought the body of the executed man into his own office, after the execution, for a private "reception"....
The man who committed what the Nuremberg chief US prosecutor, Justice Robert Jackson described as the most serious crime against humanity, the crime of "aggressive war", by ordering an unprovoked invasion and occupation of Iraq by the US military, had recently flown to his Crawford, TX ranch, and knowing that Hussein would soon be executed, wanted the press to report to the world that he was already sound asleep in his bed, by 9:00 PM CST when the execution of Hussein was carried out.....asleep to the point where he was not "roused" to be informed....
Just some things for you to think about....before you "know what you know"!
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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122906Z.shtml
Editor's Note: In a separate story, The Telegraph in England is reporting, "There was no comment from the White House, which was determined that the execution should appear to be an Iraqi event." In fact, Saddam Hussein was held by US authorities until the very moment of the execution, which took place in the US military-controlled Green Zone in Baghdad. - ma/TO
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Saddam Hussein Executed
By Sudarsan Raghavan
The Washington Post
Friday 29 December 2006
Former Iraqi leader hanged for crimes against humanity.
Baghdad - Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, who rose from humble beginnings to build the Arab world's most ruthless dictatorship but whose fall unleashed a turbulent era for his nation and the world, was executed early Saturday morning in Baghdad, according to Iraqi state television.
Hussein, 69, who demanded a cultlike devotion from his people and built monuments to proclaim his own greatness, was hung around 6 a.m. local time (10 p.m. Friday EST) in the American-controlled Green Zone in central Baghdad. Hussein was executed before a small group of observers, including some who had been tortured by his regime....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wsaddam30.xml
.....His body was then clad in white cloth and taken away ambulance and helicopter.
<b>It was later taken to a private reception at Iraq’s prime minister’s office</b> where some of his former victims were able to view it.....
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/wo...=1&oref=slogin
For Bush, Joy of Capture Muted at the End
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By JEFF ZELENY
Published: December 30, 2006
CRAWFORD, Tex., Dec. 29
....Before the hanging was carried out in Baghdad, Mr. Bush went to sleep here at his ranch and was not roused when the news came. In a statement written in advance, the president said the execution would not end the violence in Iraq.......
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