Wednesday, January 10, 2007

It Worked - High Profile Lynchings Do Worsen The Situation

Shia hostages hanged in streets in revenge for Saddam's execution
"Saddam Hussein's execution has inspired a gruesome cycle of revenge, with scores of Shia Muslims found hanged from lampposts in Baghdad.
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Capt Mohammad Salim, of the interior ministry, said: "We have gathered 102 Shia bodies and believe that 90 per cent of them were taken hostage for Saddam Hussein's execution and then found hanging from poles by ropes."

Saddam hanging video sparks copycat suicides

Three children die in copycat Saddam hangings
"The deaths of an American boy, a teenage girl in India and a boy in Pakistan have been linked to the television coverage of Saddam Hussein's execution."

1 Comments:

Blogger Laurie said...

Okay, but did anybody get it on cellphone video? That would be the ultimate brutality. *end sarcasm here*

10/1/07 4:08 AM  

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