Tuesday, 2nd January
Deplorable
"Frankly, to get this kind of recorded messages coming out is totally unacceptable and I think whoever is involved and responsible for it should be ashamed of themselves.", John Prescott, Deputy prime minister, said on BBC Radio regarding the mobile video.
Investigation
Iraq’s Shiite-led government said Tuesday that it had ordered an investigation into the abusive behavior at the execution of Saddam Hussein.
Wednesday, 3rd January
Arrest
The person believed to have recorded Saddam Hussein's raucous execution on a cell phone camera was arrested.
"Yes, we would have [done things differently]. But that's not our decision," said Major General William Caldwell, a U.S. military spokesman.
Thursday, 4th January
More Murders
Two of Saddam Hussein's comrades, Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, will be hanged later today.
Yelling "Go to hell" is acceptable. Spreading the footage of it is abusive and deplorable. It's like the French Revolution without a Guillotine. The Iraqi government scored 5 points taking Saddam's head. Who will win in this game?
* photo from German edition of Guillotine (Wizards of the Coast, 1998). Taken without permission.
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