Monday, January 15, 2007

Hanged and Beheaded

Iraqi government officials have shown journalists video of the hanging of two of Saddam Hussein's aides, during which one of the men was decapitated. The footage, which is silent, shows both men fall. Almost immediately the rope that was round Barzan's neck flicks upwards, the body dropping below. The cameraman then shows the pit below and a headless body, bloodied at the neck and what officials say was Barzan's head still covered by a hood. The government said Barzan's beheading was accidental. (Whooopsie!)

I wonder from what height they fall. I didn't know you would lose your head that easy.

3 comments:

Kamiel said...

wonder if the 77 virgins like a man without a neck

dekus said...

There is not a country in the world with that much experience in executing and hanging people as Iraq ...

And now the are "allowed" to execute 3 people and they fail miserably! (oke, the men are dead, but you can't say it was a "proper hanging")

It's like dutch coastal engineers suddenly can't build a watertight dike anymore...

ExpendableAsset said...

Wow... when did you swallow the synical seringe?