[FireFlyGuts]

Saddam was hanged on the first day of Eid ul-Adha, December 30, 2006, despite his wish to be shot (which he felt would be more dignified). The execution was carried out at Camp Justice, an Iraqi army base in Kadhimiya, a neighborhood of northeast Baghdad.
The execution was videotaped on a mobile phone, showing Saddam being taunted before his hanging, and he and his captors insulting each other. The video was leaked to electronic media and posted on the Internet within hours, becoming the subject of global controversy. It was later claimed by the head guard at the tomb where his body remains that Saddam's body was stabbed six times after the execution.

[Griffin]

[stevus_maximus]

Fucker got off easy.

[MuffinOfDoom]

We should have starved the bastard.

[moticos]

You can see Saddam's lips flapping throughout the video. If anyone's curious as to what is being said-

Transcript: Our translation from the Arabic original

Background voices, which are very hard to hear, are having a conversation in the background and someone calls someone else in the execution chamber by "Ali" or is looking for "Ali."

Saddam Hussein: "I testify that Mohammed is the Messenger of God."

Saddam Hussein: "Oh God." [saying this in preparation, as is Middle Eastern custom, as the noose is put around his neck]

One voice leads customary Muslim prayer (called a salvat): "May God's blessings be upon Mohammed and his companions/household [family]."

All Voices, including Saddam Hussein, repeat the customary prayer: "May God's blessings be upon Mohammed and his companions/household [family]."

A group of voices: "Moqtada...Moqtada ...Moqtada." [Meaning the young Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr] …

Saddam with amusement: "Moqtada...Moqtada! Do you consider this bravery?" [This can also be translated as meaning "Is this your manhood?"]

Several individuals say several times: "To Hell [hell-fire]!" [This can be translated as "Go to Hell!"]

Saddam Hussein mockingly replies/asks: "To the hell that is Iraq!?"

Others voices: "Long live Mohammed Baqir Al-Sadr."

Single Voice: "Please do not [stop]. The man is being executed. Please no, please stop."

Saddam Hussein starts recitation of final Muslim prayers: "I bear witness that there is no god but God and I testify that Mohammed is the Messenger of God. I bear witness that there is no god but God and I testify that Mohammed..." [Saddam Hussein is suddenly interrupted without finishing his prayer with the opening of the trap door.]

Several Voices: "The tyrant [dictator] has collapsed!"

Other voices: "May God’s blessings be upon Mohammed and his household (family)."

Single Voice: "Let him hang for eight minutes."

Many conversations continue in the background about Saddam Hussein.

Saddam Hussein’s Last Words: "To the Hell that is Iraq!?"

[GODREKR]

Moticos, that was very interesting. Thanks for posting the info.

[SargeistExisting]

[Saddam Hussein is suddenly interrupted without finishing his prayer with the opening of the trap door.]

[suzanne]

i wish they'd made him suffer a bit more than that, he certainly deserved to

[StiffyWood]

So ends his dictatorship.

[FireFlyGuts]

It's kind of cool to watch the torture he inflicted, then cap it off with a nice hanging of said dictator.