Saddam Hussein Execution Video
With Saddam Hussein’s execution scheduled to take place in the next couple of days and videotaped, there’s plenty of speculation about how the hanging will be covered on television. Reuters’ Hollywood Reporter Paul Gough assures us it will be “tasteful.”
Television networks face a killer of a conundrum with the impending execution of Saddam Hussein, whose hanging could be videotaped and perhaps aired on Iraqi TV.
The timing of Saddam’s date with the gallows was unclear, but late Thursday CBS, NBC and Fox News Channel reported that the former dictator, convicted this year in the deaths of 148 people in 1982, would be turned over by the American military to the Iraqi government within 36 hours and hanged before the start of a Muslim holiday on Sunday.
Several sources said Saddam’s execution would be videotaped by the Iraqi government, though it wasn’t clear whether it would be released to the public or broadcast. “We will video everything,” Iraqi National Security adviser Mouffak al Rubaie told CBS News.
Judging by the Iraqi government’s release Tuesday of videotape of the hanging of 13 convicts, it could be a gruesome affair. Meetings were held Thursday in at least two network headquarters over how to handle the potentially graphic images.
ABC and CBS said they wouldn’t air the full execution if the video became available. “We’re very aware that we’re coming into people’s living rooms and that there could be children watching,” CBS News senior vp Linda Mason said.
Mason and her network counterparts have broadcast standards and procedures they follow in these cases. Phil Alongi, special-events executive producer at NBC News, said there are ways the network can approach the video or photographs that will get the point across without having to be graphic.
The operative word: taste.
“We have very, very strict guidelines with how to deal with that,” said Bob Murphy, senior vp at ABC News. “If there were pictures made available of the execution, they would have to be viewed by senior management before we would put them on the air, and we would make a judgment of taste and propriety of what we would show.”
CNN and Fox News Channel still were discussing what they would do if the footage were made available. It also wasn’t clear what the newly launched network Al-Jazeera International would do. An e-mail and phone call to the channel’s Qatar headquarters weren’t returned Thursday. Despite popular assumptions to the contrary, Al-Jazeera’s pan-Arab channel has never shown an execution.
While video of an execution would be unprecedented in U.S. television, the war in Iraq has led to a number of judgment calls on graphic video. The U.S. military released graphic photographs of Saddam’s two sons who were killed in a U.S. raid on their Mosul hideout in July 2003. “We edited down the pictures to show only what was appropriate, what we thought was appropriate,” Murphy said. “We didn’t show the pictures live (when the network received them), and we made sure that they showed enough of the bodies so that it was clearly them, but we didn’t dwell on it.”
None of the networks showed the beheading of Nick Berg, an American who was kidnapped and killed in Iraq in May 2004. But Berg’s beheading by kidnappers — along with the killings of others, including a South Korean — was distributed on the Internet and fed to American networks that chose not to use the footage.
Mason, Alongi and Murphy said Thursday that an execution video widely distributed on the Internet wouldn’t change their minds about not airing the graphic portions of any video.
Steve Benen and Kim Priestap both predict it will be online soon. There’s no reason to doubt that. Indeed, AllahPundit promises he’ll “do everything in my power to get it for you.”
Frankly, I’ve got no interest in seeing it. Once I find it, though, I’ll be sure to make it available for those who want to see it.
UPDATE: You can see it by clicking … HERE
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i want to see the son of a bitch die
Saw the execution. It’s amazing, he was reduced to a zero. Karma is relentless. I must be a wuss. I know this man was a evil killer. Tortured, allowed rape, executing complete families, and more. His two son’s were allowed to do the same. Still, I felt bad for him. Saddam deserves no sympathy. He had the chance to turn Iraq into a great country. But, chose to steel, murder, wipe out families. The Dictator’s seem to always choose becoming evil. Why? Makes me sad. Bye Saddam, say hello to Hitler, Stalin, Marcos, and the rest of the gang.
i believe that his execution should have been broadcast live over american tv. all channels, like the state of the union address. why cant we see him swing, when al jazera shows live feeds of those disgusting executioners beheading american soldiers and relief workers? wtf is this shit?! as an american, i want to see his neck snap. fuck him, his followers and those who believe in his “privacy”. where was the “privacy” when he and his twisted family murdered and tortured their OWN people? i saw a video yesterday on the history channel that showed a iraqi man getting 50 lashes (per saddams orders) for “mis-using his food coupons”. and this man deserves “PRIVACY” in death? burn him alive and hang him from a bridge like they did to our marines! jesus, i could list a million and one better ways for him to have died. he got off easy. at least let the people see him swinging!!
OK, fine saddam Hussein has been a bab person but who gives to stupid americans the right to judge instead of God’s will or even people’s will?Let’s try alltogether to consider for a while people from Chile.For 30 years a man has been dominating this country and he never paid for his actions,why?Did he killed less people than Saddam,isn’t he?Thats why stupid americans you don’t have the right to judge,you don’t have the clear view in your eyes because of the oil you have into your eyes.Your kids are dying in a country which they didn’t even know where it was in map before.And your kids are dying for your MASTER’s food,like Cheney,Bush,Ramsfeld and their companies.You are abbandoned in your unstable faith.Keep it going guys,take drugs which they make especially for your kids,form gangs to protect your streets and after all these recruit 18 years old boys to go and die for Bush and his gang.You see MS13 isn’t the worse gang,the worsest of all live in the White House and lives 6 years now,God help them.
I did not understand for what term if was right to follow the crucial punishment.
You all are sons of bitches! What had saddam done to you? nothing! american bastards, you are not worth to spit on you!
dus eny1 no where da video of saddam being hangd is????
put the website if you do people!
If Saddam is guilty of killing 148 in Dujail and to be hanged till death, then Bush-Blair is guilty of killing 148,000 or more innocents in Iraq and Afghanistan and these two duo must be hanged at least a thousand times to equal Saddam’s execution.
This form of capital punishment was not good enough, i havn’t seen the hanging but i have discovered his death was rather quick, for the pain he has caused other people of his country, the dictator was no more than a cold blooded murderer. He deserved to be excuted but surely a more slower and painful way would have shown him how the many victims felt. He was put to peace, recording the dictator was great, this way it shall stop conspiracy theories. Well thank god hes dead now!
Just seen the video. Not really my cup of tea, but I have to say it was not a bad feeling to see this creature get his just deserves at last!!!
where can i find the full video of his execution online
the video of him dying s nasty you lot are all cruel watching someone die euh he mght come to you n a dream you better watch out muahhah!
if anybody finds the video of that bastard being hung please send it to me or email me with adress to see it please.kdog420@comcast.net
hey what web site the execution video on of saddam
Just go to google and type in saddam execution video. Is was shot a mobile phone so the quality is not that brillant….enjoy!!!!!
I think United States used Saddam for their dirty jobs and now they hanged him,threw him away just like a razor blade filled up with hair. United States is the worst tyrant. Much Worse than Saddam.
AMERICANS SUCK COCK!
cant seem to find the video when i go to google do you have a direct link gerry london uk
Americans don’t even know where Iraq is…Wars are just a way for them to learn geography. Pinochet was not executed because South America has never been a place for U.S. to reign,since they have seen U.S.’s face before so they avoided U.S.,for example…
U.S. can only reign weaker populations, I say weaker in the means of economy, health issues and so on. Their force is a brutal,non-clever force. Petroleum is what they are looking for and the countries which are on U.S.’s way to petroleum should unite against U.S.
please people,who kept this evil despot in power for years? usa,uk, and a lot of other western states,who will get the blame for this,no one,why don’t usa go into zimbabwe and sort mugabe out,could it be there is no oil or natural resources worth the efort?where was the great usa when china invaded tibet and destroyed their culture and killed thousands of people,so please all i am trying to say,it is all political,but people are brainwashed into believing all the crap that lying connoving politicians say
This should do it;
Pull up a chair and a 6 pack!!
Now Saddam is dead and you americans (Without capitalisation) are happy for that! you know why? Not because he killed hundreds or thousands of “people” who where involved in the attempt of his assasination, but because you had to revenge to what happen in the great day of “Spetember The Eleventh”, you had to sacrifice with someone where you couldn’t catch the ones who were behind 9/11 attacks.
You know, and every body knows that your cow-ard cow-boy bush (Without capitalisation again because he dosen’t deserve it) was thinking before the war on IRAQ : “Let’s go to IRAQ, catch and hung the bad guy, take his oil, kill some INNOCENT people and let the rest go to hell”.
Saddam was a dictatorial, because his people CAN NEVER and I mean “NEVER” be controled by a pussy man, like the current one! The Iraqi people are split into faction and groups and can only be reunited by a dictatorial president.
So, I am very pessimistic about the future of Iraq after what the americans did, and soon we will be enjoying bush execution video because he also killed thousands of INNOCENT people, remember!
I can’t help but feel bad when thinking about the execution. I understand he was a bad person, I’ve researched all the horrible things he’s done and I understand that very many people wish he would have been killed slower and more painfully. Even still, when we catch serial killers, do we kill them the way they kill their victims? Did we ever molest the molesters? Either way he’s going to die, I believe it would have been better to just give him the injection to kill him. Under both circumstances he knows he’s going to die which is the most brutal thing. Why do we lower ourselves to hanging him? Everyone makes a point of saying how bad he was.. all we’re doing is showing that we’re no better than him.
America only handed him over to them because they knew they would only be able to give the lethal injection here. Way to go America, condemn certain things and when those things are done be just as bad as the criminal in punishing them.
Were all one meal away from being savages,lets not forget.Technology has advanced man sadly has not.
People who shun america are so distasteful and ignorant. For instance read above. I dont see too many other countries trying to help with world terrorism. Cowards? Another thing is to do some reading before making stupid comments, sounding like total children. My input!!! And last but not least!
Glad the son of a bitch is gone, he’s a hitler wannabe!
Are you that fucking retarded? Its not the Amercians that tried and hung Saddam. He was tried in an Iraqi court and executed by their own laws and laws that Saddam himself imposed.
Only ignorant people say “Americans” when trying to slander our country. Just what “Americans” are you referring too anyways? Those from Africa, Asia, Russia, and every other country in the world???
If you’re going to try and trash talk the country make sure you’re saying specificly the goverment not “Americans” there is a huge difference.
“Now Saddam is dead and you americans (Without capitalisation) are happy for that! you know why? Not because he killed hundreds or thousands of â��peopleâ�� who where involved in the attempt of his assasination, but because you had to revenge to what happen in the great day of â��Spetember The Eleventhâ��, you had to sacrifice with someone where you couldnâ��t catch the ones who were behind 9/11 attacks.
You know, and every body knows that your cow-ard cow-boy bush (Without capitalisation again because he dosen�t deserve it) was thinking before the war on IRAQ : �Let�s go to IRAQ, catch and hung the bad guy, take his oil, kill some INNOCENT people and let the rest go to hell�.
Saddam was a dictatorial, because his people CAN NEVER and I mean �NEVER� be controled by a pussy man, like the current one! The Iraqi people are split into faction and groups and can only be reunited by a dictatorial president.
So, I am very pessimistic about the future of Iraq after what the americans did, and soon we will be enjoying bush execution video because he also killed thousands of INNOCENT people, remember!
Posted by: Mohammed Riadh at December 31, 2006 12:39 Permalink”
I am a born and raised american citizen like the many generations of my family before me. And truth be told i couldn’t agree more. Saddam’s death was no victory for our country, it was a personal victory for Mr. Bush. Lets get Bin Laden then we will have a reason to cheer. I’m sick and tired of seeing all the redneck hill billies thinking we got the man behind 9/11. Go to school beyond 4th grade, quit screwing your sister and get an education, or at the very least pay attention to current events.
There is no proof of saddam hussiens killing,therefore ,he was not hung.How can people believe he is dead without proper evidence.If your waiting to see him dangle from a rope ,by either video or photos,then good luck!!
honestly, i think its good he’s dead because, hes arabian, and anything all the people against his death says, its not going to bring him back to life, so might as well look for another dictator, ur just wasting time. and i dont care if u call me dumb for not knowing stuff about ya’ll country n wat george bush did, because, i honestly dont give a fuck, n i am dumb, so what im not the only one, go get a fucking life and if u got a problem with us “AMERICANS” U CAN JUST COME ON UR FUCKIN RAGGADY ASS CAMEL AND SAY IT TO MY FACE, ILL GET MY AK-47 ON UR UGLY ASSES
i was watching thailand tv and they even showed us the hanging in a commmerical. different countries have different rules about what they are gonna show on tv. i live in the us and think that saddam got way less than what he deserved but it wasnt like a spectacular event. shit the nigga just got hanged. im just glad that it was his own people who got to do it and not us. (the us)they need the glory more than we do.
Hey permelink, Sadam was a ood person, your just some dirty son of a bitch who agrees with what ever our autistic and retarded president says. That hick in the whitehouse should be hung. Screw you you white trash retard
i saw the video…and i start to laught…so mucht..that i’m continue just right now…
ahahah…saddam deserve it…and i really hope to see soon a new HI RES and HI QUALITY VIDEO…to see the hang…his legs that startin’ to “run” like a crazy horse…and liste…the sweet noise..of his necks that crashes…:DDDD
fuck saddam…before…and after his death..
no respect for him…even in the hell!:)
SKYNET
GOD IS NOT A JUDGE..ONLY OURS CAN REVENGE THE WORST THING THAT R MADE BY SON OF A BITHCES LIKE SADDAM AND OTHERS BASTARD!
Wonder what you’d say if Bush was found to be responsible for a few hundred thousand murders of Americans…buried them in ditches only to be found ….yeah?
Clinton bows his head when he speaks of the horrific millions of deaths he chose not to stop in Africa when he could have interviened. At least Bush is true to his beliefs/
Sadamm was a piece of human excrament
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I really hope that they do post his execution on american television. Even if they don’t though, i’ll find it online.