The Newsroom

The Death of Saddam Hussein

(December 2006)

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LL
Leave it to Levy
p_c_u_k posted:
Strikes me as leaving it a little last minute if their only aim is to avoid coinciding with a religious festival. There's presumably no reason why this hanging could not have taken place hours ago.


I agree. They've got five minutes left.
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Edit - CNN: He has arrived at the site. Minutes left...
PC
p_c_u_k
Conflicting reports

Sky News: Saddam has reached the gallows
Al-Jazeera (via News 24): Hanging will take place before 7AM.
BE
Ben Founding member
How bizarre is this? Waiting for someone's death, it sits uneasy with me.
PC
p_c_u_k
It is a major historical moment - that is at least what I keep telling myself - but it does seem more than a little morbid.
LL
Leave it to Levy
CNN: SADAMM IS DEAD - 10 MINUTES AGO TBC
GE
get13
Sky is saying he has been executed too.

Edit: The bbc is confirming it too.
CY
cymru148
Hes dead - he was executed 10 mins ago
PC
p_c_u_k
For what it's worth, Sky just shortly ahead of the BBC in breaking that news. Not sure about CNN.
PT
Put The Telly On
There we are then... The evil Saddam Hussein is dead!
WH
whiteside2005
p_c_u_k posted:
For what it's worth, Sky just shortly ahead of the BBC in breaking that news. Not sure about CNN.


Followed by SixHits Laughing
PC
p_c_u_k
whiteside2005 posted:
p_c_u_k posted:
For what it's worth, Sky just shortly ahead of the BBC in breaking that news. Not sure about CNN.


Followed by SixHits Laughing


Hope you had a breaking news swoosh.
WH
whiteside2005
p_c_u_k posted:
whiteside2005 posted:
p_c_u_k posted:
For what it's worth, Sky just shortly ahead of the BBC in breaking that news. Not sure about CNN.


Followed by SixHits Laughing


Hope you had a breaking news swoosh.


No just our presenter getting a bit excited trying to get the news.

Suppose you could class that as a breaking news whoosh!

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