tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post6653785448447174042..comments2024-03-29T00:37:54.787-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: Saddam Hussein to be executed soon...?Allan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-35888743072920662082006-12-30T11:46:00.000-08:002006-12-30T11:46:00.000-08:00More depressing news about the timing of this eve...More depressing news about the timing of this event:<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061230/wl_nm/iraq_saddam_haj_dc<br /><br />Libya, I read, has cancelled Eid to mourn - I think that's like cancelling Christmas.<br /><br />A.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-63012134888462577512006-12-30T02:44:00.000-08:002006-12-30T02:44:00.000-08:00Me again. He's dead.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/...Me again. He's dead. <br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam<br /><br />Quoth Bush: "Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq."<br /><br />No shit. <br /><br />I feel ridiculous and impotent and depressed.<br /><br />Anyone who cares about this entry enough to have read this far should visit riverbend's blog to read her reactions to the current state of affairs:<br />http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/<br /><br />I've just sent her a note of support; if she replies, I'll post it here. <br /><br />Anyhow, time for bed. Depressing night all round. <br /><br />A.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-22077530390264536812006-12-29T13:49:00.000-08:002006-12-29T13:49:00.000-08:00Two items - extensive Salon article and archive of...Two items - extensive Salon article and archive of Abu Ghraib pictures here:<br /><br />http://salon.com/news/feature/2006/02/16/abu_ghraib/<br /><br />The latest news reports can't even confirm whose custody Hussein is in or when he will be hanged - the impending start of the Hajj pilgrimage makes this a very, very questionable time to do anything like this. But they do state that Hussein is going to be hanged at Camp Cropper, not Abu Ghraib, as I suggested above, based on an online article I'd found. Clearly hanging him at Abu Ghraib would be piling insult upon insult. But we live in a world run by idiots, so who knows...Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.com