Holy Hell, they actually did it
Iraqi TV says Saddam Hussein executed
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein, the shotgun-waving dictator who ruled Iraq with a remorseless brutality for a quarter-century and was driven from power by a U.S.-led war that left his country in shambles, was taken to the gallows and executed Saturday, Iraqi state-run television reported.
It was a grim end for the 69-year-old leader who had vexed three U.S. presidents. Despite his ouster, Washington, its allies and the new Iraqi leaders remain mired in a fight to quell a stubborn insurgency by Saddam loyalists and a vicious sectarian conflict.
The rest of the article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam.
Well, that's definitely the end of an era right there.
Totally shocked.
Wow.
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein, the shotgun-waving dictator who ruled Iraq with a remorseless brutality for a quarter-century and was driven from power by a U.S.-led war that left his country in shambles, was taken to the gallows and executed Saturday, Iraqi state-run television reported.
It was a grim end for the 69-year-old leader who had vexed three U.S. presidents. Despite his ouster, Washington, its allies and the new Iraqi leaders remain mired in a fight to quell a stubborn insurgency by Saddam loyalists and a vicious sectarian conflict.
The rest of the article at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam.
Well, that's definitely the end of an era right there.
Totally shocked.
Wow.