Category: Saddam Hussein

First Cup 12.30.06 »

Give a frontiersman coffee and tobacco, and he will endure any privation, suffer any hardship, but let him be without these two necessaries of the woods, and he becomes irresolute and murmuring. ~ U.S. Army Lt. William Whiting, 1849
Only one item this morning — the White House statement on the Execution of Saddam Hussein
Today, [...]

It’s Done »

Fox News is reporting that the execution of Saddam Hussein has taken place. They are hearing from Al Arabyiah TV in Iraq that Saddam Hussein is dead.
I am sure that the blogosphere is about to light up with commentary. Here is some of the first:
Captain’s Quarters, Babalu Blog, Dr. Sanity, The Jawa Report
10:28pm EST. The [...]

Saddam to Hang by Saturday — BREAKING »

AP has posted this story (The shortest I’ve ever seen):
An Iraqi judge says Saddam Hussein will be executed by Saturday at the latest.
That’s the entire article. Of course speculation has been intense in the short time since the verdict was upheld. I’m sure there will be more soon. Stay tuned.
Fast UPDATE: This is the big [...]

First Cup 12.29.06 »

The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon

Quotable Quotes »

Remember the category in Jeopardy, Quotable Quotes? See how well you do with these:
1) “On this day of justice for the Iraqi people, President Bush must explain to the American people how he intends to change course, so that our troops will finally have a strategy to complete the mission, Iraqis will finally have a [...]

Saddam Found Guilty »

Saddam Hussein has been found guilty by the Iraqi court where he has been on trial for the 1982 killings in Dujail.
Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced Sunday to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town, as the ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted “God [...]

First Cup 11.03.06 »

Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It’s the only thing “real” men do that doesn’t seem to threaten their masculinity. ~ Erma Bombeck

Ramsey Clark Opens Mouth, Says Stupid Things (Again) »

Saddam Lawyer and apologist, Ramsey Clark, has opened his mouth to say the utterly stupid once again.
Ramsey Clark, a former US attorney general who is one of Saddam Hussein’s lawyers, said that any death sentence against the former Iraqi president would increase violence in the strife-torn country.
“It seems clear that a guilty verdict will set [...]