A
Lynching...
By Baghdad Burning
04 January, 2007
Baghdad Burning
It's
official. Maliki and his people are psychopaths. This really is a new
low. It's outrageous- an execution during Eid. Muslims all over the
world (with the exception of Iran) are outraged. Eid is a time of peace,
of putting aside quarrels and anger- at least for the duration of Eid.
This does not bode well for
the coming year. No one imagined the madmen would actually do it during
a religious holiday. It is religiously unacceptable and before, it was
constitutionally illegal. We thought we'd at least get a few days of
peace and some time to enjoy the Eid holiday, which coincides with the
New Year this year. We've spent the first two days of a holy holiday
watching bits and pieces of a sordid lynching.
America the savior…
After nearly four years and Bush's biggest achievement in Iraq has been
a lynching. Bravo Americans.
Maliki has made the mistake
of his life. His signature and unhidden glee at the whole execution,
especially on the first day of Eid Al Adha (the Eid where millions of
Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca), will only do more to damage his
already tattered reputation. He's like a vulture in a suit (or a balding
weasel). It's almost embarrassing. I kept expecting Muwafaq Al Rubaii
to run over and wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth as he signed
for the execution. Are these the people who represent the New Iraq?
We're in so much more trouble than I ever thought.
And no- not the celebrations
BBC are claiming. With the exception of a few areas, the streets are
empty.
Now we come to CNN. Shame
on you CNN journalists- you're getting lazy. The least you can do is
get the last words correct when you write a story about an execution.
Your articles are read the world over and will go down in history as
references. You people are the biggest news network in the world- the
least you can do is spend some money on a decent translator. Saddam's
last words were NOT "Muqtada Al Sadr" as Munir Haddad claimed,
according to the article below. If anyone had seen at least part of
the video they showed on TV, you'd know that.
"A
witness, Iraqi Judge Munir Haddad, said that one of the executioners
told Hussein that the former dictator had destroyed Iraq, which sparked
an argument that was joined by several government officials in the room.
As
a noose was tightened around Hussein's neck, one of the executioners
yelled "long live Muqtada al-Sadr," Haddad said, referring
to the powerful anti-American Shiite religious leader.
Hussein,
a Sunni, uttered one last phrase before he died, saying "Muqtada
al-Sadr" in a mocking tone, according to Haddad's account."
From the video that was leaked,
it was not an executioner who yelled "long live Muqtada al-Sadr".
See, this is another low the Maliki government sunk to- they had some
hecklers conveniently standing by during the execution. Maliki claimed
they were "some witnesses from the trial", but they were,
very obviously, hecklers. The moment the noose was around Saddam's neck,
they began chanting, in unison, "God's prayers be on Mohamed and
on Mohamed's family…" Something else I didn't quite catch
(but it was very coordinated), and then "Muqtada, Muqtada, Muqtada!"
One of them called out to Saddam, "Go to hell…" (in
Arabic). Saddam looked down disdainfully and answered "Heya hay
il marjala…?" which is basically saying, "Is this your
manhood…?".
Someone half-heartedly called
out to the hecklers, "I beg you, I beg you- the man is being executed!"
They were slightly quieter and then Saddam stood and said, "Ashadu
an la ilaha ila Allah, wa ashhadu ana Mohammedun rasool Allah…"
Which means, "I witness there is no god but Allah and that Mohammed
is His messenger." These are the words a Muslim (Sunnis and Shia
alike) should say on their deathbed. He repeated this one more time,
very clearly, but before he could finish it, he was lynched.
So, no, CNN, his last words
were not "Muqtada Al Sadr" in a mocking tone- just thought
someone should clear that up. (Really people, six of you contributed
to that article!)
Then again, one could argue
that it was a judge who gave them that false information. A judge on
the Iraqi appeals court- one of the judges who ratified the execution
order. Everyone knows Iraqi judges under American tutelage never lie-
that explains CNN's confusion.
Muwafaq Al Rubai was said
he was "weak and frightened". Apparently, Rubai saw a different
lynching because according to the video they leaked, he didn't look
frightened at all. His voice didn't shake and he refused to put on the
black hood. He looked resigned to his fate, and during the heckling
he looked as defiant as ever. (It's quite a contrast to Muhsin Abdul
Hameed's public hysterics last year when the Americans raided his home.)
It's one thing to have militias
participating in killings. This is allegedly the democracy the Americans
flaunt. Is this how bloodthirsty and frightening we've become? Is this
what Iraq stands for now? Executions? I'm sure the rest of the Arab
countries will be impressed.
One of the most advanced
countries in the world did not help to reconstruct Iraq, they didn't
even help produce a decent constitution. They did, however, contribute
nicely to a kangaroo court and a lynching. A lynching shall go down
in history as America's biggest accomplishment in Iraq. So who's next?
Who hangs for the hundreds of thousands who've died as a direct result
of this war and occupation? Bush? Blair? Maliki? Jaffari? Allawi? Chalabi?
2006 has definitely been
representative of Maliki and his government- killings like never before
and a lynching to end it properly. Death and destruction everywhere.
I'm so tired of all of this…
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