Five hours from now, Iraq time.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,239783,00.html

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Satan creates nothing: he only ruins everything. He does not invent: he tampers. And his followers are no different ~ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò

They screwed up big time by publishing the date/time.

I am sure there will be cameras there. I wonder how long until that film leaks to the public.

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Tickets, Tickets, anyone got Tickets? Think anyone will launch a rescue attempt? That would be something huh?

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The best leader that Iraq ever had is about to be hanged. He is the kind of leader that a country like that needs.
I agree with GS - he was probably responsible for less Iraqi killings than GWB.

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Jim

i agree too.

we will bring democracy to the iraqi people if we have to kill every last one of them.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

... 2130 - 2200 ET tonight. (This is per CNN at this time.)

Pop the corks ... we'll see if the fireworks really start up when Saddam gains another 2" in height...

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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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"Best leader that Iraq ever had." Not Gilgamesh? Not the various Kings named Darius and Cyrus?

With our assistance, maybe that will not be the Iraq's future assessment.

And that is what we all want, right?

B

At least they were not stupid like France. Napoleon Bonaparte was the best thing to ever happen to them and they exiled him!

"Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena (2,800 km off the Bight of Guinea in the South Atlantic Ocean) from 15 October 1815. Whilst there, with a small cadre of followers, he dictated his memoirs and criticized his captors. Sick for much of his time on Saint Helena, Napoleon died on 5 May 1821. His last words were: “Tête d’Armée!”...."




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"A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."

The guy kept a lid on things but to call him a great leader in any way is a big stretch. He adored Stalin and did him proud. Did you ever see the video of the meeting when he called out the former associates he accused of plotting against him, and had them taken out and shot?

His attacking Iran and Kuwait out of simple ambition and greed was beyond the pale.

Course, at least part of our motive for invading Iraq (most of it, I'd wager) was a desire to keep Japan, China, and Europe our ***** by making them deal with us to get Iraqi oil, with an eye to mounting a duplicate swift and tidy conquest of Iran, placing Iranian oil under our purview as well.

Of course, we're the good guys, so our ambition and greed is different.

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Of course, CMAC, you've got the hard proof of the US's "...desire to keep Japan, China, and Europe our ***** by making them deal with us to get Iraqi oil, with an eye to mounting a duplicate swift and tidy conquest of Iran, placing Iranian oil under our purview as well."

Your opinion.

My opinion? You're very anti-US.

What was so great about Saddam? The guy was a two-faced ba$tard from the word "GO" and his life was full of examples. The fact that ANYONE did business w/the guy is surprising in itself. Why are we arguing about his freaking life?

He might have "told" us something the world didn't already know?

Saddam was a swarmy little ba$tard that managed to stay in power with death and deception. And if it served his purpose, he'd throw in a few terrorists along the way. Why not stir the pot up a little and keep everyone guessing your next move.

I bet Bush-43 said "To hell w/him," and his little UN-games and went ahead and "offed" his dreams.

I don't like the idea that terrorists are able to be financed by whatever source that has a hair-up-its-@$$ and figures that it has no culpability when the terrorists strike.

Anyone that ignores that aspect of terror is an idiot.

If Saddam has been proven to supply just one cent towards terror, then its a good thing that he's dead...let that be a warning to others that have supported terror w/dollars.

If they're identified - let the blade fall.

And if you're going to argue that we can't follow the dollar and fault the giver - I'll show you the tapes from the Nurnberg trials...

Or did you forget that little episode in history?

Hasn't it been said, "To the victor goes the record of history."

I want to be on the winning side for a loooooong time.

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.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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GWB killed millions of civilians?

Including the 500,000 Iraqis killed in the Iraq-Iran war, Saddam has been responsible for killing upwards of over 2,000,000 of his own Muslims.

See The Black Book of Saddam Hussein, ed. Chris Kutschera, France, 2005

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Call "TICKETMASTER" - They've probably go tickets!!!

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..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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I was thinking the same. They should execute him, cremate the body and announce it afterwards.

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Satan creates nothing: he only ruins everything. He does not invent: he tampers. And his followers are no different ~ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò