Botched Hussein-Brother Hanging

American Voices

Botched Hussein-Brother Hanging

January 17, 2007 | ISSUE 43•03

The botched hanging of Saddam Hussein's half brother, which resulted in his beheading, has aroused suspicions and inflamed tensions in the Arab world. What do you think?

Beheading might seem extreme to us, but hey—when in Rome.

Amanda Cooper
Systems Analyst
I guess all that sectarian Shiite rhetoric about Sunnis having weak, floppy necks was right.

Stephen McNaughton
Carpet Installer
I would strongly disagree with the term 'botched execution.' It seems to me these guys went the extra mile.

Joshua Tiffer
Judge

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