{"id":1789,"date":"2006-12-29T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-29T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/saddam-to-be-hanged-tonight-an.html"},"modified":"2006-12-29T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-29T18:09:00","slug":"saddam-to-be-hanged-tonight-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/12\/saddam-to-be-hanged-tonight-an.html","title":{"rendered":"Saddam to be hanged tonight and will remain in US custody until it happens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The clock is ticking, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/2006\/12\/29\/D8MAPPN00.html\">Saddam to be hanged tonight<\/a>:<br \/>\n<span class=\"story\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"story\"> An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saddam would be executed before <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday EST<\/span>. Also to be hanged at that time were Saddam&#8217;s half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, the adviser said.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> &#8220;Saddam will be handed over shortly before the execution,&#8221; the official said. The physical transfer of Saddam from U.S. to Iraqi authorities was believed to be one of the last steps before he was to be hanged. Saddam has been in U.S. custody since he was captured in December 2003. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> Al-Nueimi said U.S. authorities were maintaining physical custody of Saddam to prevent him from being humiliated before his execution. He said the Americans also want to prevent the mutilation of his corpse, as has happened to other deposed Iraqi leaders. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"> &#8220;The Americans want him to be hanged respectfully,&#8221; al-Nueimi said. If Saddam is humiliated publicly or his corpse ill-treated &#8220;that could cause an uprising and the Americans would be blamed,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"story\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of his victims are going to be able to attend the hanging:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"story\"> Those cleared to attend the execution included a Muslim cleric, lawmakers, senior officials and relatives of victims of Saddam&#8217;s brutal rule, the official said. He did not disclose the location of the gallows.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">via<\/a>)\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clock is ticking, Saddam to be hanged tonight: An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, or 10 p.m. Friday EST. 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