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ebonlockYou know back when I had cable a few days ago I saw clips of the Hussein execution on all the news channels (though with a particularly ghoulish glee on FOX), and flipped past them as quickly as I could. I saw no reason to participate in the bread and circuses aspect of all of this nonsense, it's not like his death will serve any real purpose. But I had to admit I was curious how this whole thing was playing out to the Iraqis themselves, thankfully Riverbend
answers that question:
It's official. Maliki and his people are psychopaths. This really is a new low. It's outrageous- an execution during Eid. Muslims all over the world (with the exception of Iran) are outraged. Eid is a time of peace, of putting aside quarrels and anger- at least for the duration of Eid.
This does not bode well for the coming year. No one imagined the madmen would actually do it during a religious holiday. It is religiously unacceptable and before, it was constitutionally illegal. We thought we'd at least get a few days of peace and some time to enjoy the Eid holiday, which coincides with the New Year this year. We've spent the first two days of a holy holiday watching bits and pieces of a sordid lynching.
America the savior… After nearly four years and Bush's biggest achievement in Iraq has been a lynching. Bravo Americans.
And Juan Cole points out:
Saddam: The death of a dictator
Through the bumbling of the U.S.-backed regime, justice becomes revenge, and a despot becomes a martyr.
By Juan Cole
Dec. 30, 2006
The tribunal also had a unique sense of timing when choosing the day for Saddam's hanging.
It was a slap in the face to Sunni Arabs.
This weekend marks Eid al-Adha, the Holy Day of Sacrifice, on which Muslims commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son for God.
Shiites celebrate it Sunday.
Sunnis celebrate it Saturday –- and Iraqi law forbids executing the condemned on a major holiday.
Hanging Saddam on Saturday was perceived by Sunni Arabs as the act of a Shiite government that had accepted the Shiite ritual calendar.
answers that question:
It's official. Maliki and his people are psychopaths. This really is a new low. It's outrageous- an execution during Eid. Muslims all over the world (with the exception of Iran) are outraged. Eid is a time of peace, of putting aside quarrels and anger- at least for the duration of Eid.
This does not bode well for the coming year. No one imagined the madmen would actually do it during a religious holiday. It is religiously unacceptable and before, it was constitutionally illegal. We thought we'd at least get a few days of peace and some time to enjoy the Eid holiday, which coincides with the New Year this year. We've spent the first two days of a holy holiday watching bits and pieces of a sordid lynching.
America the savior… After nearly four years and Bush's biggest achievement in Iraq has been a lynching. Bravo Americans.
And Juan Cole points out:
Saddam: The death of a dictator
Through the bumbling of the U.S.-backed regime, justice becomes revenge, and a despot becomes a martyr.
By Juan Cole
Dec. 30, 2006
The tribunal also had a unique sense of timing when choosing the day for Saddam's hanging.
It was a slap in the face to Sunni Arabs.
This weekend marks Eid al-Adha, the Holy Day of Sacrifice, on which Muslims commemorate the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son for God.
Shiites celebrate it Sunday.
Sunnis celebrate it Saturday –- and Iraqi law forbids executing the condemned on a major holiday.
Hanging Saddam on Saturday was perceived by Sunni Arabs as the act of a Shiite government that had accepted the Shiite ritual calendar.
