North African bloggers discuss Saddam Hussein's execution
2007-01-03
Saddam Hussein's death came as shocking news to most Maghreb bloggers. The majority felt that his execution on the day of a Muslim holiday was ill-timed.
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed on Saturday (December 30th) after "he and his collaborators [were] found guilty in the Dujail Affaire, in which 148 Shi'ites [were] killed in 1982, after a failed assassination attempt [against Saddam]," reported Kaiser, a Tunisian blogger.
While "he only got what he deserved," thought To blog or not to blog, the execution "could have waited until the end of the holiday. The world did not need to witness … an execution while millions of people were celebrating Eid [al-Adha]," regretted the Tunisian blogger.
Many have "joined the chorus of condemnation around the world at the execution of Sadam Hussein," reported The View From Fez.
"In Casablanca, the demonstrators gathered before the American Consulate brandishing Saddam Hussein photos and chanting slogans denouncing Saddam's execution… Representatives of Political parties, trade unions, human rights organizations and artists chanted together slogans hostile to the American administration," noted the Moroccan blog.
For the Moor Next Door, the news was not sad or depressing. "I have been waiting for that moment for quite a while now. He was a thug, a tyrant, among the worst of the secular dictators in the Arab world. Let him rot," the Algerian blogger said.
"But did his death mean anything? Not really, as I see it. He is now out of this world, but his legacy is proving to be [more] sinister than his life. The fissures that formed during Iraq's early history were reinforced by the bigotry and violence of the Baath [party], and have come to a head today… The 'sectarian violence' and 'cleansing' that characterizes post-invasion Iraq is did not come out of some kind of a vacuum: it was built into Iraq early on and was upheld by successive Iraqi leaders, most recently and most brutally by Saddam Hussein," noted the blogger, who added that unfortunately his death won't stop the sectarian violence.
Saddam's execution made the Adha a "bitter holiday," said Algerie Nouvelle, who continued to say that Algerians will only be able to wish each other "a happy new year the day when [Algeria] gets back on track, as well as all free nations".
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Esther Posted 2007-01-03
Bush is utilizing the age old strategy of divide and conquer in Iraq, where he pits Sunni against Shiites, and once these two rivals knock each other out, and is considerably weakened, then the US as well as Britain will intervene in Iraq, and establish a so-called 'democratic' government(democracy is actually the US' instrument for controlling other countries for it's own benefit and interests), thus the US would have attain it's main ulterior motive for invading Iraq--namely Iraq's vast OIL RESERVES!!!!
RUANARI XAVIERS Posted 2007-01-04
Former Iraqi President Sadam Hussein Execution is not the solution to end the on going conflicts in th middle east especcially in Iraq. infact the situation there is warsening since the sunis witnessed the killing of there representative. this will be along heatred in between the civilians living in iraq. US should not expect any changes of security in iraq. they will be blamed by the iraqis with the presure they made leading to the execution of Sadam. i guess and am sure this is arefange taken by the US President against Sadam.lets hope the people in middle east will calm down and let the almighty ALLAH guide His own People.
Sebastian Weatherly Posted 2007-01-04
I find the comments from around the world regarding the timing of Saddam Hussein's execution/lynching disturbingly hypocritical and typically hysterical. Those who claim that this day or that day is not a "good day" to perform a state-sanctioned murder from a religious perspective are guilty of blatant hypocrisy; the religious war in Iraq has not taken a single day off. Sunni and Shi'a murder each other every day, during Ramadan and every "holy day" on the Islamic calendar, without reprieve. Religious fanatics only care when the "other side" commits violence on these so-called "holy days" and seem perfectly content when their own gangs murder innocent women and children in the name of their religion. If you are opposed to capital punishment then every day is a "bad day" to commit state-sponsored murder, and if you're a religious wacko then there is no rational argument that will convince you of anything. So reasonable, rational people may as well ignore this non-argument and let the religious nuts wear themselves out trying to find the "right day" to kill someone.
Amrani Posted 2007-01-10
I have nothing to add for the moment !
طارق Posted 2007-04-22
Saddam's execution is a gift from Bush to the Iranian people.
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