butterbean
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 Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: The details of Saddam's non-heroic hour |
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At two minutes past 3 a.m. (GMT) today, Saddam Hussein's boast that he would die a heroic martyr ended when he saw the gallows.
He began to tremble and his eyes filled with what one observer called "his terror at impending death. For the first time he was feeling what so many others had done facing execution from his actions."
One hour before – 2 a.m. on a cold Baghdad morning – his cell door had opened. Standing there was the Iraqi commander of the execution squad. He ordered the two American guards, who had stood their last death watch, to withdraw. In their place stepped two muscular Iraqi soldiers.
The commander told Saddam he would be hanged in the hour. There then followed the ritual formalities for execution.
Saddam ate a meal of boiled chicken and rice he had ordered at midnight. With the food he drank several cups of hot water laced with honey. It was a drink which dated back to his childhood.
After the meal he was invited to use the cell toilet – to avoid the public embarrassment of wetting himself in the execution chamber.
Saddam refused the offer.
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53570 |
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