Scattered sources according to CNN on TV have reported that Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been executed, according to two Arabic language media outlets.
Hussein was hanged before dawn on Saturday in Iraq, at about 6 a.m. (10 p.m. Friday ET), the U.S.-backed Al-Hurra television reported.
Al-Arabiya reported that Barzan Hassan, Hussein’s half-brother, and Awad Bandar, former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, were hanged after Hussein. All three were convicted of killings in the Iraqi town of Dujail nearly 25 years ago.
The odd thing about the execution is that, it turns a tyrant into a hero.
A lesson: without a fair trial, or at the very least the perception of a fair trial, any judgment passed by a court is invalid.
Regardless, I personally believe that mercy would have been a better example.
And how does the execution affect the situation in Iraq?
Given the circumstances, I doubt it is for the better.
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Was Saddam Hussein the only one executed? What about the other two Sunnis, Awad Al-Bandar and Barzan Tikriti who were also sentenced to death?
Mercy is always in short supply. More so these days when might continues to remain right.
Heck, we all become the monsters we hate.
Such is life.
Following comment is about this particular act of the punishment.
From my point of view no mercy to the criminals but justice according to civilized criteria.
Capital punishment is a simple and blunt barbaric act committed world wide including so called civilized countries.