re: justice dubya style
Get back to us when George Dubya starts summary executions for protesters, members of out of favour religions or queers :
Iraq: Former Officer Tells Of Summary Executions By Ahmad Al-Rikaby and Charles Recknagel
The regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has frequently been accused by human rights groups of using terror and murder to enforce its rule. Much of the evidence comes from disaffected members of the regime who have been eyewitnesses to its methods. RFE/RL's Iraq Service recently spoke to one former official, who told a chilling tale of how two years ago, at a prison not far from Baghdad, 2,000 men were executed on a single day.
Al-Janabi says that Qusay was, in fact, authorized to give the order and that the warden had no choice but to comply. Shortly before the incident, Saddam Hussein had told his commanders, ministers, and party members that executions were to be carried out in accordance with Qusay's orders.
At dawn the next morning, the executions began. Some prisoners were hung and others were shot once in the head. Al-Janabi says most of the prisoners were ordinary citizens who did not constitute a threat to the regime.
Saudi Arabia:
Many of the announced Saudi executions were for murder and rape, but Amnesty said that a wide range of nonviolent crimes also resulted in decapitation. Among the lesser offenses that led to executions were "apostasy, witchcraft, sexual offenses and crimes involving both hard and soft drugs."
The State Department and Amnesty International agree that both Saudi citizens and foreigners were executed. Amnesty International said, however, that Saudi justice falls more heavily on outsiders and people from the margins of society. It said the system is especially harsh in its treatment of foreign workers, who make up about a quarter of the Saudi population; critics of the regime; and religious minorities, including Christians, Sikhs and Shiite Muslims.
Iran:
Amnesty International today expressed its grave concern over the dramatic increase in executions carried out in Iran.
In the last two days alone, more than ten men have been hanged, some of them in public and some for offences which had no lethal consequences. According to media reports from Iran, 100 death sentences have been upheld in the Supreme Court this week alone and many more executions may be imminent.
How many have been hung at Guantanamo bay this week, ?...This year?
Now tell me, did Tim McVeigh, Ted Bundy, James Gacy not deserve it? How the hell Charles Manson escaped it has got me stuffed.
Serial killers found guilty and executed through the legal system may not be perfect , but it sure beats the hell out being shot on your families doorstep and them being sent a bill for the bullet just for giving the local dictator the "finger".
this of course, i find totally funny , because you guys would be prime candidates to be buried in some shallow grave for airing any anti goverment views in these countries you so vehemently defend...lolol
