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Did Saddam actually bite the big one?

kolanuraven

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Yeah, if you can watch CNN.. It's kinda gross but they are showing part of the execution tape.

Before I get slammed for citing a liberal news station...it's ALL OVER the news, conservative and liberal alike!

Whew, there I fixed it!
 

Judith

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FH, you naughty girl :twisted: I'm not interested in seeing the man hanged but I would like to see the reaction of the people. I expect there will be celebration.
 

kolanuraven

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Seems that there is a general sense of excitement, but of course several bombs went off and killed a bunch of folks. No one is sure if it was ' just a bomb' for bomb's sake or in retaliation or celebration!
 

IL Rancher

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Oh.. You know the Sunnis aren't to happy about this. I think most everyone else is pretty darn happy over there (Kurds, Shia et all).. Heck, even the Iranians were happy....

I find it odd that they decided to hang him on a holy day.. Would think they would have waited for a more insignifanct day to do it on although maybe there is some sort of symbolism in his being killed on the day that Ishmael was spared by Abraham (Muslim faith belief).. I know it is a day of sacrifice for Muslims.. Won't even say how many callse we got asking for male, solid white lambs to be used for dedications the past week or so.
 

Big Muddy rancher

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reader (the Second) said:
Eid al-Adha, Islam’s festival of sacrifice -- “Everything comes together in this particular month with the willing sacrifices that we are to make, the distribution of our wealth to help those who are less fortunate... these are the most blessed days. Everything you do is to draw nearer to God.”

The three-day festival marks the end of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage the holy city of Mecca, a journey that all Muslims with the financial and physical means are required to complete during their lifetime.

The festival also commemorates the willingness of the prophet Ibraham to obey God by sacrificing his son. As Ibraham readied to kill the son, Ishmael, God intervened and revealed his sacrifice had been fulfilled.

To honor Ibraham’s actions, Muslims sacrifice an animal, such as a sheep or goat, and distribute the meat among family, friends and the poor.

Whoops, I was totally off. I think the other Eid is the end or beginning of Ramadan. This one is associated with the hajj.

By the way, the hajj is also "borrowed" from Judaism - Muhammad wanted the Arabs to have a religion like that of the Jews he knew in Medina. There are 3 pilgrimages to Jerusalem a year (I believe) around certain important festivals.

Of course the borrowing of the story of the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice Issac and substituting Ishmael for Issac is another cultural transfer.


So are you just BSing us? You don't really know what your talking about but figure if you just keep talking us peasants of the land won't figure it out. Maybe it was just a good day for him to die. Hoka Hey
 

IL Rancher

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They talked a lot about the holiday on either Fox News or CNN, can't remember which one I was listening to on the radio as I drove back from the city with my tranny acting up, saying that they found it odd but also maybe fitting as his death would be a sacrifice to Allah for a better future... Strange in that it is kind of fitting for martydom (Strange for a man who was a pan arabist but would not be considered a very devout Islamist by some)... It was an interesting discusiion on the radio, whoever was talking about it... Especialy the Ishmeal vs Isaac part (Although I had heard that early when they were talking about the conflict over The Temple Mount (Jewish faith)/Holy Sanctuary (Muslim Faith). The stuff to me is interesting to say the least.

The calls from the muslims didn't strike much of a recognition until this because we get the calls a couple times a year when they do dedications to their male children.... All they want is for the animal to be solid white and male.
 
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