skippy the bush kangaroo

Monday, January 15, 2007

we promise you, no jokes about wanting to get a head in iraq...

just when you thought the iraq mess couldn't be screwed up any more, the execution of saddam's brother went so badly, the noose accidentally severed his head.

actually, it was saddam's half-brother, at least he was after the hanging. the jerusalem post:

iraqi prime minister nouri al-maliki's attempt to close a chapter in saddam hussein's repressive quarter-century in power - by hanging two of his henchmen monday - further enraged sunnis when the former leader's half brother was decapitated on the gallows...

by day's end at least 3,000 angry sunnis, many firing guns in the air, others weeping or cursing the government, assembled in ouja for the burial of ibrahim, who also served as saddam's intelligence chief, and al-bandar.

"where are those who cry out in demands for human rights?" marwan mohammed, one of the mourners, asked in grief and frustration. "where are the un and the world's human rights organizations? barzan had cancer. they treated him only to keep him alive long enough to kill him. we vow to take revenge, even if it takes years."
that last quote is a part of the arabic soul that nobody in the administration seems to understand: to middle easteners, "blood feud" isn't an extreme position, it's a way of life. and today's botched (once again) executions will only add fuel to that already burning fire.
posted by skippy at 4:20 PM |

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