Lraper.org
30/12/2006
"ANYONE’S EXECUTION IS A PITEOUS EVENT"
Saddam Hussein, ex-leader of Iraq, was executed by hanging at 04:55 Turkish
time. George Bush, President of the USA, called the execution "an important
milestone." Saddam, who ruled Iraq with an iron first for 24 years, was
overthrown three years ago by American intervention. The execution of 69
year old Saddam Hussein took place in Baghdad.
The event was witnessed by a doctor, a lawyer, an imam, and various
officials. The first scenes of the overturned leader’s execution were
broadcast by Iraqi Government Television. The Iraqi leader Nuri El Maliki
sent a representative to attend the event which, as was mentioned earlier,
took place before the festivals of Kurban and New Year.
VIEWS OF THE PATRIARCH
His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey,
issued the followed statement concerning the execution of the overthrown
Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein: "No matter who it is, anyone’s execution is a
piteous event. God gives life, and only God takes it. Whoever is the guilty
party, and whatever they have done, I am against the death penalty."