Another disgrace in Iraq!!
15/01/07 20:35 |
Personal
I
made a conscious decision not to comment on the
hanging of Saddam Hussein and the extraordinarily
barbaric scene at his execution. Firstly, because I
was sickened by the images on the front pages of the
dailies. Secondly, because for his trial to be fair
it should have taken place away from the bias and
bigotry of the differing sides in Iraq and thirdly,
because the Americans abdicated their responsibility
by blindly handing him over for his execution without
first making certain it was handled in a professional
and dignified manner.
In short, it was a bad day in the development of the human race.
The Iraqi government eventually claimed they could not understand how people had got in to observe the execution while carrying their mobile phones - despite the fact it was a maximum security area.
Well today, they have managed to do it all over again to two of Saddam's closest aides, except this time they have learnt from their previous error and filmed it with no sound so that any allegation of jibes or insults aimed at the condemned men could not be proven. In addition, they have gone even further towards proving they are not responsible enough to administer their "justice" in the dignified manner expected by the civilised world. They did not just hang, but actually managed to decapitate one of the men.
The Iraqi government is quoted as saying the beheading was accidental.
Yeah right!!
It is now way beyond time for the international community as a whole to condemn this latest "incompetence" by the Iraqis and point out that the mentality behind their present behaviour is no better than that of which they accused their predecessors.
In short, it was a bad day in the development of the human race.
The Iraqi government eventually claimed they could not understand how people had got in to observe the execution while carrying their mobile phones - despite the fact it was a maximum security area.
Well today, they have managed to do it all over again to two of Saddam's closest aides, except this time they have learnt from their previous error and filmed it with no sound so that any allegation of jibes or insults aimed at the condemned men could not be proven. In addition, they have gone even further towards proving they are not responsible enough to administer their "justice" in the dignified manner expected by the civilised world. They did not just hang, but actually managed to decapitate one of the men.
The Iraqi government is quoted as saying the beheading was accidental.
Yeah right!!
It is now way beyond time for the international community as a whole to condemn this latest "incompetence" by the Iraqis and point out that the mentality behind their present behaviour is no better than that of which they accused their predecessors.
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