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On AlterNet: execution

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "execution"

Brits Launch Inquiry Into Torture, Executions of 20 Iraqis

Brits Launch Inquiry Into Torture, Executions of 20 Iraqis

Middle East OnlineFebruary 25, 2008.
The UK's Ministry of Defence denies the charges.

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress

Howard Zinn, City Lights. May 3, 2007.
An excerpt from Howard Zinn's new book -- a collection of essays on history, class and the strength of ordinary citizens -- explores the unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the flawed justice system that still haunts us today.

Saddam's Execution Was a Gargantuan PR Disaster

Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. January 5, 2007.
When will we recognize that the best thing we can do in Iraq is to get out of there?

Saddam: A Monster of Our Creation

Saddam: A Monster of Our Creation

Robert Scheer, AlterNet. January 3, 2007.
The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an act of barbarism that makes a mockery of President Bush's claim it was "an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy."

The Aesthetics of Execution

The Aesthetics of Execution

Am Johal, AlterNet. January 3, 2007.
Saddam was executed partially for the violation of human rights, but also for not being a doormat to American empire. Was hanging him just?

Silencing Saddam

Silencing Saddam

Robert Scheer, AlterNet. January 1, 2007.
Did Saddam die because he knew too much about the United States' real role in Iraq?

Saddam Hussein: A Dictator Created Then Destroyed By America

Saddam Hussein: A Dictator Created Then Destroyed By America

Robert Fisk, The Independent UK. December 30, 2006.
Hussein's execution will be remembered as a case of America destroying an Arab leader who no longer obeyed his orders from Washington.