BAGHDAD, Iraq – Three years after he was hauled from a hole in the ground by pursuing U.S. forces, Saddam Hussein was hanged Saturday under a sentence imposed by an Iraqi court, an Iraqi official told NBC News.
The deposed president was found guilty over the killing of 148 members of the Shiite population of the town of Dujail after militants tried to assassinate him there in 1982, during Iraq’s war with Shiite Iran.
Asked if Saddam were dead, the official in the Iraqi prime minister’s office said, “Yes, the body of Saddam Hussein is in front of me.”
MSN also flashed a breaking news that Al Arabiya TV reported Saddam’s brother and an ex-judge were also executed.
Who is next? Gloria Arroyo.
Define Kurdish Nationalism in the point of view of Turkey, Syria and Iran?
Just a thought … today is Rizal Day too.
Rizal was a hero and martyr. Saddam? To many Iraqis, he was a dictator, traitor, killer. But to some, he could be a hero and martyr too because he stood up against the US. If Arroyo is to be executed, she would be hanged upside down. Saddam’s execution was hastened because of America’s order. Obvious naman di ba? The Iraqi Prime Minister was an American puppet installed by the US. The Iraqi Court was under the current Iraqi leader who’s submissive to the US. Kaya napaaga ang execution dahil baka makawala pa. Most of all, it was intended as a warning to other leaders unfriendly to the US like Iran and Nokor’s Presidents.
Yes, Alitaptap. Four years ago, Gloria Arroyo vowed before Jose Rizal’s monument that she will not run in 2004.
We all know now she was lying when she said that.
Manila Bulletin said that Arroyo will lead the nation in honoring Jose Rizal … in Baguio?? Poor Jose will be turning in his grave when the pretender will again be extolling the hero with her lies.
Now that Saddam Hussein has been hanged, I wonder if the violence in Iraq would finally ease down..This execution is also a lesson to those leaders who continue to abuse their people..I guess we don’t have to look far.
Lt.Col. Rick Francona, military analyst of MSNBC , said ” the execution of Saddam will likely only exacerbate the sectarian and ethnic violence taking place mostly in Baghdad.
“It also has the potential to unleash a wave of Sunni violence in the Sunni Triangle, in those cities now well known as hotbeds of insurgency — Baquba, Ramadi, Fallujah, Samarra, Tikrit.
“Now that Saddam has been executed, there is a good reason to be concerned about the convergence of events that may occur in January.”
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The New Iraqi government and the United States may have hard time to reconcile the Shiites, Sunnis and the Kurds after the death of Saddam Hussein. Last Nov. 7, 2006, former Iraqi Pres. Saddam Hussein asked for Iraqi unity, reconciliation and forgiveness. Is justice served?
Thanks for the MSNBC report, Ms. Ellen. It is sad to know that for now it doesn’t seem like Iraq will be peaceful, unless the so-called Coalition forces seguro leave Iraq..Russian President Putin was correct in warning President Bush then when the U.S. had plans of invading Iraq. He said something to the effect that entering Iraq would be another Vietnam for the U.S., just like Afghanistan was Russia’s Vietnam.
Some U.S. allies are against the Saddam’s death by hanging. Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi denounces execution-the capital punishment cannot be justified “even when the person put to death is one guilty of great crimes,” and he reiterated the Catholic Church’s overall opposition to the death penalty. It’s expected that the CBCP will issue the same statement from Vatican.
dream on guys! gagawin ba ng amerika kay gloria ang ginawa nilang pagbitay kay saddam? never! reality check lang. dinigma ng amerika ang iraq hindi dahil sa diktador at mamamatay tao si saddam, hindi rin dahil sa weapons of mass destruction arsenal na magpahanggang ngayon ay walang makita kahit anino nito. dinigma ng amerika ang iraq dahil sa langis at dahil itong si saddam ay ayaw lumuhod sa altar ni bush.
si gloria at ang kanyang kampon ng kadiliman ay sagad-sagarang tuta at baboy ng kano. kung ilalaglag man ng amerika si gloria, gagawin niya ito ng patago kagaya ng ginawa niya kay marcos noon.
After watching the video of Saddam Hussein about to be hanged on BBC, & being aware of the horrible crimes he has committed, I remain to be AGAINST capital punishment.
at kaya naman inilaglag ng amerika si marcos ay hindi dahil sobra na siyang pahirap sa pilipinas kungdi dahil sa halip na magsilbi ito sa interes ng amerika, nagiging liability na ito dahil sa lumalakas at lumalawak na anti-dictatorship & anti-imperialist struggle ng mga pilipino. ganito rin ang kauuwian ni gloria, kapag tumagilid na ang interes ng kano dahil, itatapon din siya sa kangkungan ng kasaysayan.
hi ellen happy new year!! i am avid reader of your blog and i learn a lot from this….I hope this year may you have a continuous courage to defend, inform, and educate all our kababayans about what happen to our government. I’m happy because we have “gabriela silang” at present who fight for freedom…Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!!!!
Please watch an amateur short gag at youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtrFI0mx7c
thanks and God Bless
who’s next …. i think the unano in the malacana and the piggy fg… they should be also hanged in Luneta…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtrFI0mx7c
happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
welcome 2007
I have this eerie feeling about Saddam’s execution.
Political executions are resorted to, primarily, to instill fear to supporters of a deposed leader and serve notice to future leaders–that is, after the smoke clears.
But the people of Iraq are still warring with each other, a civil war of sorts, a sign that there is no definite winner yet.
Tingin ko, masyadong minadali. At imbes makatulong sa pagkakaisa ng sambayanang Iraqi, magdudulot pa lalo ito ng mga malalaking problema sa hinaharap.
Roljen,
I took a look at your video at You tube. It’s nice.
But will you please take out my name at the end? Although I like the contents of your video, I had nothing to do with its production. I don’t think my name should be in it.
Thanks.
Ellen at mga bloggers isang milya ang layo nito tungkol sa nangyari kay Saddam, huling hirit ko na ito.
Dalawang Professor, Istorya sa UP good old days, noon punong-punong pa ng integridad ang UP empleado man o estudyante. Mga kotse nakaparada sa tapat ng AS, pag karag-karag, puedeng por kilo pagaari ng mga professor; pag bagong modelo ari ng mga estudyante. Ilan-ilan lang ang ikot jeepney, mga JD at DM buses ang sasakyan sa campus. Yun ibang professor may edad na, tumanda na sa pagtuturo, luma pero malinis, plantsado ang kamisedentro, sakay ng JD o DM nakatayo bihira ang sabit dahil maaga pa.
Yung una sa dalawang professor, UP grad din kahit pag aaral iginapang lang. Sa ROTC maka attend lang ng drill nanghihiram minsan ng sapatos (tulad ni Enrile?) o pantalon. Nakatapos pa ng advance course. Okay sa math, ilan ang masters, pero walang PhD, nagturo sa Engineering at Business Ad, matapang, walang kinagugulatan, naging Diliman legend hindi dahil sa laging meron dalang bote. Noong martial law naka-forty-five pa. Meron nabistong problema sa UP, marurumi ang mga classroom at kubeta, nanghahaba ang mga damo, pati talyer ng mga kotse may reklamo. Pasok sigang Professor ginawang Director.
After a few weeks (months, hindi ako segurado). Tinawag, mineting lahat ang mga empleyado. Nabalita parang ganito daw ang sinabi niya.
“Nanalo kayo, wala akong magagawa sa inyo. Lalong sumama ang trabaho ninyo. Kaya magre-resign ako. Sayang ang oras ko sa inyo.
Bahala kayo.
Kung ang mga JD at DM buses na dating sinasakyan
niya ay wala na sa UP, wala na rin siya, namatay na ang prof na ito, matagal na. Kasama niyang namatay mahaba rin hibla ng integridad sa UP.
Istorya ng pangalawang professor, maigsi lang kung hindi pahahabain.
Hirap din sa ROTC, khaki Nadeco lang ang uniforme, pag patig ang uniform absent sa drill, pag may nahiram na patig attend sa drill. Daming absence, kaya haba ng make up makatapos lang ng ROTC basic. Pero nakatapos din ng Advance Course. Umpisa naging member ng Kor stap pero walang hilig sa ranggo at trabahong ipinapasa ng Kor Kumander nag kampani kumander na lang. Redyected ng admissions Komite dahil may bagsak na grade, muntik ng hind matanggap sa Masters. Nabola yung komite na kaya niya ang graduate studies, ayun
Nakatapos, naging professor din kahit walang PhD.
Noong martial law dahil sa requests ng isang military supervisor, siya ang ipinadalang consultant sa isang talamak na corrupt na regulatory agency. House and lot ang lagayan (ngayon panahon ni Gloria payat yan), meron casual employee may sariling empleyadong casual fixing documents, meron mga empleyado palaging sa sauna at massage parlors (ngayon pa-golf-golf na lang). Tulad sa customs palaging high morale and emplyedo, madaling mag abuloy sa patay, pera hindi problema. Pero dapat cooperate ka, baka masunog ang kotse mo. Tinandaan ng professor ang sabi ng kanyang nainterview: dito hindi sila kundi bisyo ng empleyado ang kalaban mo, masasabing way of life na. Mababait sila, pero mahirap patigilin yung punta nila sa sauna at bawasan ang gastos nila.
After more than two months and after several several departmental level of meetings of bosses, nag request ng meeting itong si Consultant. English ang salita niya dahil mga abogado at mga professionals ang ka-meeting niya. He said: I requested this meeting to thank you and tell you that our improvement project will not continue. I honestly believe it will be very difficult for us to achieve the objectives of this project. I am grateful for your cooperation and friendship as you have helped me know more of your problems. Your Colonel Director here and my boss in the University had approved to cancel this project. Iba nakatungo, iba nakatingin lang. Tapos agad ang meeting.
A few days later the director called: Yun honorarium mo as consultant, medio na late, ipapagawa ko na. Sagot nitong si Professor: “Colonel, wag na lang, wala naman akong nagawa diyan. Okay lang”
Pero papano yung mga pamasahe mo, yun mga lunch mo? Sagot: Okay lang Colonel, kahit dito sa UP gagastos din ako ng ganyan.
Dalawang istorya, dalawang hindi yumaman sa martial law. dalawang magandang bola? Parang big fish story? Yung nakakaalam niyan yung iba buhay pa, marami patay na. Kaawaan ng diyos ang story teller kung nagsisinungaling siya!
Ellen with your kindness may I finally say:
Noong bata ako, mahilig akong pumunta sa Ascarraga. Daming kasing murang lumang pocketbook. Minsan daming Mickey Spillane swerte pag may Steinbeck, Hemingway at Ward Bond. Pag uwi daan sa Globe arcade sa Raon. Hulog ng diyes makakapanood na ng bombang sumasayaw. Yung jackpot (pinball ngayon) palaging tilt. Sayang ang diyes doon na lang sa may sumasayaw. Basa dito basa diyan (kahit walang pambili, browse lang sa Erehwon) kasama na ang das capital, nang tumagal pati na si Spinoza at Kierkegaard kahit hindi maintindihan.
Kahapon, Yesterday sa library meron akong nahawakan Sophie’s World (ni Jostein Gaarder). Matagal ko ng nabasa ito, nilasahan, na-cogitate, nalaman tila summary ito ng mga nabasa ko noong ang hang out ay sa luma at maruming libro sa naging Recto, unibersidad ng mahihirap, tindahan diploma at pekeng dokumento. Sa pahina 130 -132 nalaman ko, ako pala’y born yesterday at ang pagkatao nauna pa kay kristo. Kaya pala si Misis, a long time ago, minsan ng umuwi ako, galit sinabi, Pambihira ka naman papano mo nalimutan ang sweldo mo?
Dahil kay Sophie, sumindi, nagliwanag ang bombilya ng kokote ko.
Mantak mong bintangan ako ng brigada mo, bayaran ako, suhol at lagay sa akin galing sa hueteng. Sa page ni Sophie nakatago ang
Uri ng pagkatao ko. Gusto ninyo tignan ninyo.
Ellen huwag na lang padalhan ako ng email, sa yahoo din ipabubura ko ang email ko. Mas gusto kong sabihin sa brigada mo yun sinabi noong patay ng professor sa estorya ko. Pero hindi yata lapat.
Good bye.
Justice do happen! Perhaps there is still hope in the Philippines. What I’ve noticed in the talking point is the 148 killing of the Shiite in 1982, 24 years ago in which Saddam was found guilty and hang until he was dead.
I just read in one of the newspapers that the latest count on political killing in the Philippines is now up to 185, 37 more than Saddam of 148, since the day bogus Gloria stole Malacanang. It suggested to me that whoever responsible, and we know who, should get the same treatment as Saddam. Something need to be considered, if we’d be demanding the same justice in the Philippines. I suppose,
Acacia tree should be high enough and structurally sound.
Chabeli: Saddam’s death won’t ease down the violence. It might even worsen. There are still many Saddam loyalists on exile or who escaped to neighboring countries. Dala nila ang mga pera at may mga connection pa.
Mr. Gurrero: I think you’re right in saying that the US would find it hard to reconcile the different religious sects. Kung matagal nang nag-aaway ang mga ito paano magkakasundo sa pagkamatay ni Saddam? I think Saddam’s death has no bearing with their feud. I would like to take another position by stating that it’s the US’s presence in Iraq that has made it worse and worsening it.
Ms. Isabel: Some of my relatives were victims of Martial Law. Pero ang ilan sa kanila ay humanga kay Marcos sa bandang huli nang pumalag siya sa mga Kano. America’s disgust for Marcos started when he shortened the period of US bases from 99 to 25 years. Kung noon ay talagang tuta ng Amerika si Marcos, sa bandang huli ay pasaway na siya. Ayaw ng Amerika ng ganoon. What they like and prefer is someone like Arroyo.
Saddam’s execution was done in haste. Bush needs it for his approval rating.
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Alitaptap,
I’m having goose bumps! Si Glueria, haharap na naman kay Rizal para magsinungaling when pinoys have high hopes for the coming year.
As of this writing, a day after Saddam’s execution, suicide bombers struck again in Iraq killing many Iraqis. Such violence will continue and will get worse. Bush declared Saddam got a fair trial. Of course he has to say that. Bush wanted Saddam dead and quick. But as everyone could see especially those who followed the trial hearings, the Iraqi court lacked credibility and incapable of performing satisfactorily. Hindi natin sinasabi na walang kasalanan si Saddam. Hindi din natin sinasabi na hindi dapat bitayin siya.
But I personally think the trial should continue if only to bring out the other culprits. Hindi lang si Saddam ang may kasalanan kundi ang marami pang mga tauhan. With his death, those who directly participated in the crimes are now free. Walang dudang minadali ng Iraqi government sa utos na din ng US.
Saddam was compared to our own Jose Rizal. To me, it was not because they died on the same day. To me, I’m reminded of the way both were executed. Si Rizal humarap sa mga tao nang barilin. Si Saddam hindi pumayag na takpan ang ulo niya. What do these two tell us? Parehong matapang sila. They were both sending messages to the people. To them, death was something not to be afraid of but dying for one’s principles and beliefs no matter how much these differ from the majority.
What about Madame Arroyo? What’s the best type of execution for her? Anyone who has any idea? Should Arroyo be executed by hanging, firing squad or drowning in the Pasig River?
History again reminding us that it may take sometime, but a violent regime, corrupt and tyrannical will eventually come to a violent and cruel end. Saddam fate may not end the troubles and the ethnic conflicts within Iraq, complicated by the U.S. intervention, but we may or not agree with the current situation in Iraq at present, there was no question that Iraq was ruled for more than 30 years by a tyrant, who had put a semblance of order in his Nation through the fear of Goons and Guns and Death itself for those who resented his regime, not dissimilar to what is going on inside the country, we call the Philippines.
She has the semblance of constitutional democracy, but the lady president interpret the constitution as per her own to fit her own agenda. She has the freedom of speech, but exercise such freedom, and you’ll find yourself charge with trumped up criminal offenses or worse disappear and not be seen ever again.
Saddam used his military to muzzle dissent and opposition to his one man rule, what is the difference of what Madame Arroyo is doing at Present? Feeding her Generals with frenzy like a master feeding her dogs to obey every words of her command. And you tell me what’s the difference between Saddam’s Generals and Hers?
Saddam family has known to have spirited billions of his country wealth out to foreign banks, now please tell me what’s the difference of what President Arroyo family and cronies doing to the country’s wealth?. Is joc-joc bolante not one of her “messengers”? Now please tell me what’s the difference between Gloria Arroyo and Saddam Hussein?
I liken this Smith case to that of Saddam. I was watching the TV news cable today and the American defense lawyer of Saddam blasted the US for blantantly influencing Saddam’s trial. The lawyer revealed that during every trial, there were US representatives roaming around the court and handing out some documents to the Iraqi prosecutors. So, ganyan din ang ginawa ng mga Kano sa mga opisyales natin at Korte. Kung paano minadali ang pagbitay kay Saddam sa utos ng Amerika, ganyan din naman ang ginawa kay Smith na pinalipat sa US Embassy. Ang tanong ngayon: Tuloy pa ba ang Balikatan Exercise? Kung tinuloy ito, who would deny that its cancellation was not tied to the Smith’s case? Dapat palitan ang pangalan ng military joint exercise at tawaging “Balikligaya Exercise”.
And what would Arroyo say about Saddam’s execution? Her boss Bush said it was a fair trial. Would she say the same thing? Vatican just expressed its disappointment over Saddam’s execution. The Catholic Church is against death penalty. Pero bakit ngayon lang nagsalita ang Vatican kung kailan patay na si Saddam? When news broke out and I’m sure the Vatican got hold early of the scheduled execution, the Vatican should have acted and opposed the execution. At least, the Vatican should have demanded that the execution be delayed. There was no need to hurry. Saddam was only convicted less than 60 days ago. There are many convicts who received death sentences but such have not been enforced yet. Why Saddam? Why the hurry? Maaaring hindi kumibo agad ang Vatican dahil naalala nila ang ginawa nila sa milion-milion na mga tao na pinatay nila noong tinatawag na “The Great Inquisition”.
Chi, off topic lang. Thought I’d share with you an portion of the column of Mr. William Esposo today, “As I Wreck This Char,” in The Philippine Star, on his article entitled “The 7 most frequently asked political questions for 2007”. The question was “Though the latest Pulse Asia survey shows that the members of the opposition are leading regarding likely Senatorial winners, do you think this will translate in an actual opposition victory in 2007? Precisely, what does “victory” mean to the administration, and also to the opposition?”
Mr. Esposo’s reply is “For the administration, victory will mean winning at least six Senate seats and not allowing the opposition to win more than 60 seats in Congress. For the opposition, winning over 60 congressional seats will mean victory – the numbers needed to elevate an impeachment case to the Senate. The surveys show that the Senate will have more opposition members after the May 2007 elections. Yes, these opposition gains are very attainable.”
“The way administration congressmen are now backtracking on con-ass is a clear indication that they fear a backlash. Winning 60 seats will be easy for the opposition to accomplish. It is harder to cheat in the district level where results are known in two to three days. The crucial cheating operations in national elections occur in selected areas (Lanao, in the case of the 2004 presidential elections).”
Maybe we should take it from here. Let’s come up with a list that we can print & send to our relatives/friends in the Philippines on “WHO TO VOTE FOR”, para copy nalang sila. It’s easier than a “who NOT to vote for” list. What do you think ?
Bush must be wishing for a real Happy New Year with the death of Saddam! Now, we stand back and see more bloodshed in that country where, like my friends in Basra, Iraq, I wish and pray hard God would make their oil wells dry so America will leave them alone.
Frankly, I have the impression that only Filipinos love what the Americans do in Iraq, for whatever Saddam was, he was the responsibility of the Iraqis, not the Americans, who do not have the right to dictate on the people of any country as to how they should be ruled and governed, nor attack them on wiles and whims of some idiots like Dubya Bush, who now admits that the Iraqis have nothing to do with 9/11.
It was a bleak Christmas in the USA as a matter of fact. The malls did not get crowded even on the 26th even with all the 50 to 70 percent off the tag prices. God’s curse? I guess, it is. Will see how God will deal with the Americans and their supporters regarding these executions of people whom the Americans in fact have something to do with their rise to power! What hypocrisy!
My condolence to my friends in Iraq. I feel sorry for them, for peace and freedom have become more difficult to attain.
For more independent overage on this news, I recommend the following sites:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info
http://www.www.albasrah.net
Just sharing:
Letter from the Iraqi tribal leaders
from all over Iraq; south, north, and middle
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Dear Congressmen of the Democratic Party,
We, the Iraqi tribal leaders from all over Iraq; south, north, and middle, represent the majority of Iraqi people from all religions, sects, and origins. We denounce the death sentence against the legal president of Iraq H.E. Saddam Hussein, for the following reasons:
The court has no legality, and it is established by Bremer, the American civil governor of the occupied Iraq, and you know that the International laws prevent the occupier from changing the laws and the economical systems of the country under occupation, and Iraq is still an occupied country according to the UN resolutions and laws.
Under the present circumstances, where nobody can protect himself nor his family including US officials and the Iraqi government members who are using helicopters, tanks, and thousands of security personnel – some of you saw that when you were at Baghdad. Under these circumstances, there is no chance that the trial could be fair. How could it be fair, when nine of the defending lawyers have been murdered during the trial!? How could it be fair when defending witnesses can not reach the court!?
We, as the representative of the majority of Iraqi people, still, believe that H.E. Saddam Hussein is the only legitimate president of Iraq. The US Army arrested him as a POW during the war, which is against the international laws to present him before an illegal court and unfair trial.
In all these years, since March 2003, the majority of the Iraqi people believe that the regional security and the stability of the Middle East region will not be achieved unless the legitimate president of Iraq (H.E. Saddam Hussein) comes back to power. In the mean time we would like to inform you that most tribal leaders who signed this document were in opposition to H.E. through the years of his rule of our country before the occupation. But now, we as well as hundreds of other Iraqi tribes, who sent more than one thousand letters demanding the release of the legitimate president of Iraq, expressing our aspiration for his return as a president of Iraq. Especially after the US failures in bringing back our security, humanity, and essential services and needs, more over the US failure in saving the Iraqi people from the thieves and criminal groups who came to Iraq with the US forces.
We would like to inform you that no president served Iraq as Saddam Hussein did. And so, we met at Kirkuk, months ago, and announced our demands to release our legitimate president Saddam Hussein and request he return to his position. We did announce also, at that meeting, that we will join the Iraqi resistance with millions of our armed men fighting against US forces if it executes H.E. Saddam Hussein. And we will hold the U.S. as responsible for all the destruction of Iraqi infrastructure and killings of more than 655 thousands of Iraqis, and responsibility of the death of the four million Iraqis due to the thirteen years of sanctions against our people. All these crimes have been documented against the U.S. Administration which proved that there was no ground that Iraq has WMD nor had relations with al-Qaeda.
So, we believe that it is your ethical responsibility to help us to reinstall things as they were before the invasion, and to prevent any harm or danger to H.E. Saddam Hussein either by you or by your Iraqi puppet government, keeping in mind that H.E. is a POW in your custody.
Dear Sirs,
We would like to express our aspiration in peace between our countries. We would like to re-establish good relations with the U.S., yet the only way to do that is to begin handing-over the authority to the Iraqi legitimate leaders, and preventing any authority of your puppet Iraqi government on H.E. Saddam Hussein. And we would like to inform you that any harm occurring against H.E. will assure us that all the crimes and destruction we are suffering is not because of US administration mistakes, but it is because of a pre-planed evil-will of the U.S. government against the Iraqi people and against the future relations between our countries.
And we would like to assure you that if the U.S. ignores our peaceful demands, we will join the Iraqi resistance against the US forces, which will lead to all kinds of danger to the future of the US and the world.
We are asking you to stop the ongoing lying of the US Administration and its daily horrible crimes against the Iraqi people, that may lead to the peace we both seeking.
Signed By:
Leaders of the following Iraqi tribes (167 tribes in all):
Now that Saddam is dead, I wonder how these Iraqi leaders will mobilize their tribe members against the US and their puppets in Iraq. Just the thought of it makes me shudder.
Will see what’s going to happen to 3,500 more US troops being sent to Iraq as reinforcement to the diminishing troops there presently.
Watching CNN is like watching pro-US propaganda. After Saddam’s execution, they showed jubilant Iraqis in the streets. Most of them were kids jumping and dancing with only a few adults. Who knows how many candies and chocolates were given to these kids. Then, they interviewed some English Iraqis. Akala ko mga taga-Baghdad iyon pala mga Iraqis na nasa US. Siyempre anti-Saddam and mga iyan. The ran away from their country and are now in the US. Of course we expect them to cheer for Bush and America. They didn’t show much those who were angered by Saddam’s execution. Malaki talaga ang nagagawa ng media ngayon.
I meant to say some English-speaking Iraqis. Napakadali talaga ang execution. Wala pang dalawang buwan. Kung hindi pakana ng US, sino pa?
Sabi ko na sa inyo, ginagaya na si Pandak pati ng mga Iraqi. Natuto ng kawalanghiyaan ang buong mundo sa pinaggagawa ni Bansot. Diba’t simula ng Eid Al-Adha (Hajj) kahapon ng bitayin si Saddam? Itiniyempo rin sa panahong abala ang mga Muslim sa pagdarasal at pagpunta sa Mecca.
Parang timing ng pag-clear ni Sir Raul O. kay Garci. At ang muling paglipat kay Daniel Smith sa Embassy bago magmadaling araw.
Iyan ang gawain ng magnanakaw. Sumasalisi pag walang nakatingin.
Why wasn’t Saddam executed on Christmas? Hindi naman siya Christian. They didn’t delay the execution at least after New Year. How brutal !
masaya ang kasama ko sa trabaho sa pagbitay kay saddam kasi may anak siyang sundalo na nasa iraq. happy new year daw ang 2007 sa kanya dahil ngayong patay na si saddam ay makakauwi na ang anak niya. i think she mirrors the sentiments of ordinary americans. they want their sons and daughters to go home and leave iraq to shape its own history and destiny. but sad to say, hindi ito mangyayari. mas marami pang young american lives ang isasakripisyo ni bush sa kanyang power trip.
Saddam’s death has nothing to do with the US soldiers’ return. Matatagalan pa ang mga iyan doon kasi iyan ang gusto ni Bush. That may only happen if US soldiers are taken hostage again or they are killed just like what happened in Iran years ago. O kaya’y iba ang ang Presidente ng US lalo na kung isa siyang Democrat.
No way this warr is gonna end soon. Bush is even sending 3,500 soldiers more to augment his forces. I’d like to see how the rest of the Arab world would react to Saddam’s death. They won’t for now. Maybe after Hajj. That was a risky move by the American-backed Iraqi Administration. Imagine if the millions of Muslims now in neighboring Mecca would be enraged and pushed to take suicidal actions in the name of Islam. That could have been earth’s last day.
As we all know, Muslims who are against America are supportive of Saddam now and boy, their numbers grow each day.
Well, whatdyaknow? My friend in the Iraqi resistance told me that those masked men who hanged Saddam may not even be Iraqis but Americans!
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Talaga naman itong si Dubya galit na galit kay Saddam for embarrassing his father in the early 90’s but let God punish the Americans for the atrocities committed against the more than 655,000 innocent Iraqis sacrificed for George Bush, Sr’s hurt pride!
Natakot tuloy si Mrs. Pidal na mangyari sa kaniya ang ginawa kay Saddam kaya pinakawalan iyong horny US soldier. Kundi ba naman nagtayo pa ng Team of Horny Cheerleaders from Angeles para sa ‘tadong kano! Magkano kaya ang ibinayad ng mga kano sa kanila?
FYI, especially for those who only listen to CNN, etc.
A dictator created then destroyed by America
By Robert Fisk
12/30/06 “The Independent” — — Saddam to the gallows. It was an easy equation. Who could be more deserving of that last walk to the scaffold – that crack of the neck at the end of a rope – than the Beast of Baghdad, the Hitler of the Tigris, the man who murdered untold hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis while spraying chemical weapons over his enemies? Our masters will tell us in a few hours that it is a “great day” for Iraqis and will hope that the Muslim world will forget that his death sentence was signed – by the Iraqi “government”, but on behalf of the Americans – on the very eve of the Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, the moment of greatest forgiveness in the Arab world.
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Come to think of it. I wonder if Bush is trying to commit genocide by trying to wipe out the male line of Saddam—kill all his sons and then Saddam and his brother. What a bunch of hypocrites!
At least, Saddam was being true to the kind of image he has created with US help, totally brutal!
Isabela:
I can’t blame your friend. I find the US newspapers as a whole mere propaganda and lots of ads. It’s why a lot of people there are ignorant of the truth and easier in fact to brainwash. Funny how Americans point accusing fingers on the Russians or the commies of brainwashing people they want to force to side with them! Now who are brainwashing who?
I actually had to show my mother (She is a die-hard Republican) video clips of what US soldiers have been doing in Iraq and how they would even sell to porno shops videos they have taken of their gangrapings of Iraqi women, young girls and boys that we have used as evidences of the crimes being committed by Americans in Iraq in an international criminal tribunal that will soon be taken seriously with revelation of how the US government under Bush has cheated the Americans themselves about 9/11.
Come to think of it. I wonder if the cheerleaders of Smith have taken a video of his rape of Nicole. This reminds me of a case I handled in a Japanese court of a US serviceman who raped a half-American, half-Japanese teen-ager and took a video of it for a profit.
The ex-serviceman got 10 years for it. The case was not appealed after the Japanese lawyer explained to him that with the valid evidences against him, he had no chance of being pardoned but that the court might add more years to what was already considered a lenient judgment. The guy was dishonorably discharged and now serves his term in a Japanese prison.
Moral of this story? If the Japanese can do it—imprison an erring horny US soldier— why can’t Filipinos? Ang daming abogado sa Pilipinas, walang magawa? Pambihira naman!!!
ystakei,
i have first hand accounts of how the americns treated iraqi nationals. my nephew was drafted in the us army and have been stationed in iraq twice. oh boy, how he cried when he finally got home. the stories are horrible! hanggang ngayon nga binabangungot pa siya.
The problem with these soldiers especially the Marines, there’s the so called “Code of Silence” just like the Mafia. Kahit na may nakita silang katarantaduhang ginawa ng mga kasama, tahimik lang at hindi magsasabi.
Off topic,
Chabeli,
Let’s do the list “who to vote for”. Shall we include the lower house? For me, it’s easier to email the would-be-complete list to my relatives and friends. Am sure they’ll distribute the list to other friends and neighborhoods.
How about those killed by their own fellow Americans, Isabela? What have your relative told you about them? At least, there are parents like the mother of one of the soldiers sent there earlier who questioned the sanity of Bush in waging this war versus the Iraqis that we all know to be a war for oil, thus, the outcry of “NO BLOOD FOR OIL!”
I was actually supposed to go to Iraq with a fact-finding mission for the International Criminal Tribunal for Iraq, but I did not get a permit to enter Iraq from Jordan after the kidnapping of 3 Japanese volunteers there. I went, however, with a group that went to Afghanistan but when we were at the border, we were told that female members of our group should remain at the borders because it was not safe to travel up to Kabul then.
At least, what I have are information coming from Iraqis and other sympathetic and less prejudiced foreign witnesses, not by peope who have been brainwashed by their governments.
yes, ystakei, both camps committed brutalities and both sides suffered great losses (in terms of young lives who were like lambs sacrificed in the altar of crazy bush). opinyon ko lang, hindi sana nangyari ito kung hindi ginyera ni bush ang iraq. the iraqis are just reacting to u.s. agression and defending their liberty, and their motherland. not to be mistaken, wala akong simpatiya kay saddam, ang simpatiya ko ay nasa mga inosenteng iraqi at itong mga batang sundalo na isinuong sa digmaan para sa langis at world supremacy ng amerika.
Chi, sige let’s start ! The Lower House will take time because the info on who is running against who is still unclear. For example, if we were to tell others to vote Liberal Party, it would be difficult for them (the voters, I mean) because the Party is split into 2. One group is the Frank Drilon faction & the other is the Lito Atienza group. Let’s start muna with the Senatorial list.
Another idea is whether it would be easier for us to get an opposition slate in the LGU level, so that the Lower House will be boxed in. Currently, the LGUs are all Glorialets, that is why the present stalement. If the Senate becomes a group of RESPONSIBLE oppositionists and the LGUs are also RESPONSIBLE oppositionists, this would make it hell for a Lower House that is pro-Gloria. National & local support is very important than regional.
Chi, oooops, I meant that “National & local support is very important than CONGRESSIONAL.”
Those Iraqi guards might not be Iraqis at all but Americans? Ha, ha…I like that comment. That’s a good one. How about Iraqi-Americans who speak English? If only I know how to read lips, malalaman ko kung anong language ang gamit nila. Pero nakatakip ang mukha ng mga berdugo.
Right Chabeli. I myself is more interested in the national and local candidates. In my town, my sister and nieces already started know-your-local candidates sort of thing.
I share your sentiment, Isabel. Iyang Iraq war ay dahil lang sa langis. Kaya kumikita ng husto diyan ang mga Bushes at Cheny Halliburton. And the reason why Saddam’s execution was hastened. Kailangan ipakita ni Dubya na ang ‘Merika’ ay supreme. Domestically, he needs to make Americans believe once more in his capacity to solve this Iraq war he started.
The late Pres. Ford said that “Bush made a big mistake with Iraq”.
http://www.indiescribe.com/2006/12/fords_interview.html
Sorry guys if this was posted before.
Chi,
I saw the Larry King interview with Ford when I got back to Tokyo. I saw that portion of the interview on Ford’s comment on Bush’s handling of Iraq in an earlier interview I saw on TV when I was in SFO soon after the announcement about the death of Ford.
You bet, the Bushes want this war because they sell guns and other ammunition even before and after WWII. In fact, the Bushes supplied Hitler with a lot many of his weapons against the Jews according to an info on the Bush Family circulated in the Internet. They want the oil, too, with Iraq as the second largest oil producer in the world even when the UN connived with the US in blackmailing Saddam with some silly food for oil and vice-versa.
It’s politics and economics at the expense of innocent human lives. Frankly, you don’t even have to go to Iraq to see what this is all about. Our Moslem brothers down in Mindanao are being sacrificed likewise!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!