For those of you (myself included) that had some reservations about Saddam's trail and execution, I suggest that you watch "Inside Saddam's Reign of Terror" on the National Geographic Channel. It chronicles his rise to power from a child up to his execution and how he created a nation living in fear of his methods of control. I will say, that it is graphic. Apparently to keep the masses under control, torture, maiming, executions and beheadings were all filmed and released on public stations to let those who appose him know their fate if discovered.
"For 24 years, Saddam Hussein and his Baath Party executed political rivals, Shias, Kurds and anyone else who dared disagree - or even tell a joke about the dictator. A chorus of testimonials, unearthed mass graves and discovered documents now reveal the extent to which Saddam and his Baath Party tortured, maimed, raped and murdered Iraqi citizens. As he faces trial for his crimes, NGC goes inside his reign of terror - with rare videotape that shows Baath Party members carrying out Saddam's brutal laws. "
It also shows a scene that I had seen before and always was amazed by. On his 5th day as president of Iraq, he called a meeting of the Baath party congress (or what ever their term is), walked up to the podium and began reading names of those he accused of being tratiors. 66 men were led out of the room and held. Then days later, some of those remaining were given a pistol and forced to execute these alleged tratiors to show loyality to Saddam. Amazing..
Anyway, any doubts I had about the treatment and hanging of Saddam were quickly erased after watching the first 15 minutes of this show. He was an evil man, plain and simple. And while the nation of Iraq is going through a bad time at the moment, it is nothing compared to what they went through during Saddam's reign of Terror that lasted over 30 years.
I highly recommend watching this program.
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I deplored him as much as any person who is evil can be. But I still have a bad vibe about his hanging. We loose moral ground when we stopp to be like our enemies (the we here was for the other party that taunted him at the execution).
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