World reaction to Hussein's death mixed
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This dood says, "Good riddance".
Perhaps G. Dumbya is next? Or aren't western emperors accountable for Iraqi citizens' deaths they cause?
Perhaps G. Dumbya is next? Or aren't western emperors accountable for Iraqi citizens' deaths they cause?
The Continental Europeans (and many Canadians) are all liberal, hand-wringing do-gooders who all secretly wish that Saddam was still in power in Iraq.
The French are just miffed that there is now no chance of Saddam buying a villa in the South of France near where other former dictators have lived.
The Iraqi people will be glad to know that at least the British support the hanging of Saddam. Even though the British are against the use of the death penalty they know that, thanks to the British and Americans, it is now a free, sovereign nation where the death penalty is a punishment for some crimes and that decision must be respected:
BRITISH GOVERNMENT WELCOMES SADDAM'S HANGING
US president George Bush welcomed the punishment meted out to Saddam, while British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, speaking on behalf of the Government, welcomed the fact Saddam had been "held to account".
Mrs Beckett said: "I welcome the fact that Saddam Hussein has been tried by an Iraqi court for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed against the Iraqi people. He has now been held to account."
She added that the Government "does not support the use of the death penalty, in Iraq or anywhere else" but added that "we respect the decision" of the Iraqi authorities.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said the statement from Mrs Beckett spoke for the whole government.
Saddam went to the gallows following a lengthy trial that began on October 19 last year. Last month an Iraqi court sentenced the 69-year-old to death over the killings of 148 Shias from the Iraqi village of Dujail in the 1980s.
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The French are just miffed that there is now no chance of Saddam buying a villa in the South of France near where other former dictators have lived.
The Iraqi people will be glad to know that at least the British support the hanging of Saddam. Even though the British are against the use of the death penalty they know that, thanks to the British and Americans, it is now a free, sovereign nation where the death penalty is a punishment for some crimes and that decision must be respected:
BRITISH GOVERNMENT WELCOMES SADDAM'S HANGING
US president George Bush welcomed the punishment meted out to Saddam, while British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, speaking on behalf of the Government, welcomed the fact Saddam had been "held to account".
Mrs Beckett said: "I welcome the fact that Saddam Hussein has been tried by an Iraqi court for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed against the Iraqi people. He has now been held to account."
She added that the Government "does not support the use of the death penalty, in Iraq or anywhere else" but added that "we respect the decision" of the Iraqi authorities.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said the statement from Mrs Beckett spoke for the whole government.
Saddam went to the gallows following a lengthy trial that began on October 19 last year. Last month an Iraqi court sentenced the 69-year-old to death over the killings of 148 Shias from the Iraqi village of Dujail in the 1980s.
news.aol.co.uk
