** UPDATE **

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -

... Hussein will hang at dawn on Saturday, Iraqi officials told Reuters, setting a dramatic end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before a U.S. invasion and his conviction for crimes against humanity.

These guys make Texas look like Massachusetts!

** End Program **

Deposed head of state Saddam Hussein is practically clamoring for U.S. media attention these days, as the country prepares to reflect and mourn the loss of Gerald R. Ford.


So I have to mention, at least in passing, that he may well be hanged until dead within 48 hours.

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Okay; I mentioned it.

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What, I need to include a PICTURE, too?... bother...

Can you believe I don't have a pic of Hussein in my files?

Here. This will have to do.



Happy?

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No; I don't plan on watching the hanging. I don't need to see that sort of thing. If I'm not going to watch people with which I have much more symapthy being beheaded by ISLAMIC, FASCIST MANIACS, then I've got no interest in state executions either. It's not my business.

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Can I get back to reflecting on the public service of Mr. Ford, now?