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http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005092223,00.html

Cage for beast Saddam

By JOHN TROUP
and ALEX PEAKE

SADDAM Hussein will be forced to sit in a Hannibal Lecter-style cage during his trial.

Top-secret photos of the Baghdad courtroom being built in readiness for the deposed Iraqi dictator’s impending day of judgment are in The Sun today.

The centrepiece will be the reinforced metal cage, similar to the one used to house cannibal Lecter — played by Sir Anthony Hopkins in 1991 movie Silence of the Lambs.

Specially vetted Iraqi workers are currently putting the finishing touches to the courtroom under the watchful eyes of US troops and British private security personnel.

It is being built inside one of the disgraced tyrant’s palaces deep inside the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone.

A source told The Sun: “The security at the court is going to be immense.

“Saddam will be housed in an underground cell and will travel to and from the courtroom cage using an elevator.

“When he’s in his cell he will be under 24-hour surveillance by security staff who will watch him from behind a toughened glass shield.

“The Americans and incoming Iraqi coalition government can’t afford any slip-ups. By the time it’s over, the courtroom will be the safest place in Iraq.”

The source added: The palace where Saddam will face trial is amazing. It must be at least twice the size of Wembley stadium.

Most of the palace itself is in ruins but parts of it have been re-built to hold the trial.

One huge room has been converted for Saddam’s trial. It is split-level with a huge white metal cage situated in the middle. That is where Saddam will be held while the trial is taking place next year.

Underneath is a series of secure elevators that will take him from his cell in the morning and back at night.

Millions of pounds have been spent ensuring security is tight as possible. American special forces have been instrumental in the building. Although most of the constructors are Iraqi civilians, the Americans are overseeing the work.

The courtroom itself looks fairly normal. There are huge benches for the Press although there doesn’t seem to be any sort of public gallery as yet.

It is due to be finished within the next two or three months. When the trial finally starts the area will be almost impossible to attack.

Brutal despot Saddam, 67, is set to face charges of war crimes and genocide.

The courtroom is one of two currently being built in the former Presidential palace, one of which will be used when Saddam’s cronies go on trial in a few months.

One of the first to face justice will be Saddam’s cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali.

He is said to be the man responsible for a chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabjah which claimed the lives of 5,000 men, women and children.

Another to be tried in the spring will be Barzan al-Tikriti, Saddam’s half-brother, who was once deputy head of the regime’s secret police.

He is accused of issuing an order to raze a Shi’ite village north of Baghdad and of multiple killings following a failed assassination attempt against Saddam in 1982.

The televised trials will begin with at least two of the top 12 government members held in US military custody.

But Saddam is not expected to be tried until well into 2006.

The hearings will be conducted before an Iraqi tribunal — and investigating judges are close to completing dossiers summarising the evidence.

Prosecutors are expected to demand the death penalty for those found guilty of the most serious charges. Saddam is not expected to go on trial until the cases against his top associates are completed.

The former dictator, currently held in solitary confinement in Baghdad, has reportedly been meeting with lawyers appointed by his family.

He is said to have ten Iraqi lawyers and as many as 25 foreign lawyers ready to represent him.

Prosecutors expect Saddam to argue that his actions were covered by his immunity as head of state.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[olimario]

:lol :lol
I did a google search for 'cage' and this came up.

:lol :lol

 

[BigJonsson]

Watch him escape somehow

 

[goodcow]

Watch him escape somehow

The little kid, or Saddam?

 

[Ninja Scooter]

they should incorporate this into an episode of Arrested Development and have Gob help him escape.

 

[olimario]

Watch him escape somehow

 

[Socreges]

Seems a little excessive :lol

 

[Tarazet]

Jesus. I'm sorry, that's just not right.

 

[Blackace]

Yeah this should be a fair trial...

 

[olimario]

Yeah this should be a fair trial...

I hear every time his defense wants to say something they have to down a shot of tabasco sauce.

 

[Chesapeake Silt]

We all saw him weilding that pen in his first court appearance... He's like a ninja with that thing. So dangerous.

 

[BigJonsson]

You have to figure someone tries to bust him out of there during the trial

 

[Blackace]

You have to figure someone tries to bust him out of there during the trial

Yeah and a cage will really put an end to that won't it!

Wait! I have a better idea! Let's just put him on trial, but not have him or his defense there!

 

[thefit]

They should strap him down ala Hannibal.

 

[BigJonsson]

They should strap him down ala Hannibal.

Haha
They should put him in stocks (I believe that is what its called)


Oh and DESPITE ALL MY RAGE I AM STILL JUST A TYRANT IN A CAGE

 

[Naked Snake]

They should strap him down ala Hannibal.

 

[Unresponsive Bee Victim]

"Wait, you can't do that!"

 

[Nintendo Ate My Children]

If they allow the public in there, it's probably as much for his protection as it is to keep him from escaping. I'm sure there will be some unhappy Iraqis whose loved ones are chopped up in mass graves offering testimony for the prosecution.

 

[ghostface]

At this point, why even have a trial? There is only one outcome regardless of the information that will be presented in court.

 

[aoi tsuki]

For some reason, the first thing i thought of was this:

Call me a bad American, a freedom hater, or just a plain sadistic guy, but i would laugh my ass off if Saddam escaped.

 

[BigJonsson]

For some reason, the first thing i thought of was this:

Call me a bad American, a freedom hater, or just a plain sadistic guy, but i would laugh my ass off if Saddam escaped.

I can just see some terrorists busting inside the court room, taking out the security forces, then after the dust settles Bin Laden walks into the room a la Darth Vader

 

[aoi tsuki]

I can just see some terrorists busting inside the court room, taking out the security forces, then after the dust settles Bin Laden walks into the room a la Darth Vader

That would KICK ASS. i mean... I LOVE FREEDOM!!

 

[Naked Snake]

I can just see some terrorists busting inside the court room, taking out the security forces, then after the dust settles Bin Laden walks into the room a la Darth Vader

:lol

 

[BigJonsson]

And then Bin Laden would personally execute Saddam because he hates him and his secularism

And then Al Gore will swing into the room and single handedly kill every one of the terrorists

 

[aoi tsuki]

And then Bin Laden would personally execute Saddam because he hates him and his secularism

And then Al Gore will swing into the room and single handedly kill every one of the terrorists

You lost me.

 

[Socreges]

I can just see some terrorists busting inside the court room, taking out the security forces, then after the dust settles Bin Laden walks into the room a la Darth Vader

:lol

 

[GG-Duo]

Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking.............?




Cage match!? Saddam vs Dick Cheney.

 

[Meier]

I can just see some terrorists busting inside the court room, taking out the security forces

Let me guess, the Los Angeles division of CTU = the security forces?

 

[BigJonsson]

Let me guess, the Los Angeles division of CTU = the security forces?

Might as well be

 

[Particle Physicist]

:lol i love this country.

 

[Vormund]

^This was the first thing I thought of when reading the topic title, funnily enough.

 

[ManDudeChild]

You lost me.

Bin Laden hates Saddam.

 

[Shompola]

That belgian pedofile was also in a cage, a glass one. They are most likely using the cage to protect him.

 

[FightyF]

I think he got lost on the part where Al Gore kills terrorists.

We all know he's a terree hugger!

On a serious note, I was just thinking...since Saddam AUTHORIZED and basially blessed the use of torture...we can claim that he is responsible for it.

But didn't Bush do the exact same?

Dun-Dun DUUUN!

 

[Blackace]

I hope he still calls Al Gore the president! that would rock

 

[Kon Tiki]

Screw the trial.

Have the cage from Mad Max and the Thunderdome.

Put Bush and Saddam in there.

Two men enter, one man leave.

 

[Doth Togo]

 

[MrPing1000]

Saddam Hussein will be forced to sit in cage during his trial...

then pole dance!

 

[Wellington]

Heh, now the prosecutors will have to overcome the sympathy aspect.

 

[Che]

Pathetic... I would love to see Bush in that cage in the immediate future. Afterall he has murdered many more than Saddam ever did.

 

[Guzim]

"Saddam, to be the man, you have to beat the man. Which you won't do this Sunday! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

 

[olimario]

Pathetic... I would love to see Bush in that cage in the immediate future. Afterall he has murdered many more than Saddam ever did.

He has? I mean, really?
How many Shiites did Saddam kill?

 

[Spectral Glider]

"Saddam, to be the man, you have to beat the man. Which you won't do this Sunday! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Oh my gawd!!!! Saddam was broken in half!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[UltimateMarioMan]

I think he got lost on the part where Al Gore kills terrorists.

We all know he's a terree hugger!

On a serious note, I was just thinking...since Saddam AUTHORIZED and basially blessed the use of torture...we can claim that he is responsible for it.

But didn't Bush do the exact same?

Dun-Dun DUUUN!

No Bush didn't. The torture you refer to was performed by a few sick sadistic soldiers who obviously have mental problems.

 

[Senior Lurker]

"Fair" and "Saddam" should not be used in the same freakin sentence!! I wish they would allow anyone entering to take a piss at him, literally and then spit, spill some gas, throw a lit match, scortch him a little then put the fire off to setup for the same cycle by the next guy. Torturing him day and night for the next 200 years would not make up for the crimes he committed against humanity. Fuck Saddam.

On a semi-related note, I was just watching snippets of a show called "Terrorists in the hand of Justice" (translated) in the "Iraqiyyah" channel. They bring some of the mother fuckers who killed policemen, line them and bring the mothers of the deceased to identify them. It's really sad, one mother went: "Why did you kill my sun, have you no shame? [To the cameraman] he was really young and used to bring plates of Baklavah to [the killer] and then he gets killed by him. [To the killer] may God burn your heart like you burnt mine, may God takes revenge for my son, ..... " and she would go and deliver the most heartbreaking prayers you could hear. Seriously, If he somehow managed to avoid official punishment (which he won't), I won't be surprised if a lightning bolt came zappin straight at his fuckedup head.

And this is just one of many. He was one of the people who cooperated with some other shitheads and gave them information about the cops and their families or something.

And then there were the other lowlifes who came from outside of the country. One was from Sudan, for example; the guy with the cameraman asked him "Why did you come here, why didn't you stay and try to solve the Darfur problem?". Some from the inside of the country fought for money. But those coming from outside probably had shoes for minds and just wanted to kill and cause chaos.

Back to the topic: Fuck Saddam. That bitch. Him and his family were/are a bunch of sickos. If any of you had any chance of watching some of the tapes that were released around the attack on Iraq, you would know. In a party that his rotten dead sons would attend, people would need to watch out all the time since when they were drunk they liked to shoot people randomly, with rifles too if I am not mistaken. There was a video of some prisoners (who probably committed nothing other than walking down the street) who Saddam's troops would blindfold, put some sort of C4 or grenade or something on their pockets, push then in some holes in the ground and blow !!!

So in short, Fuck the MotherFucking Bastard (FtMFB) who is called Saddam. The End.

Edit: BTW, Saddam not only killed Shii'a, he also killed Kurds, and probably tried his hands at every race or faith there just for the heck of it. But shii'a took more hits. That piece of shit.

 

[Miguel]

WHUCHU GONNA DOOOOO???
WHUCHU GONNA DOOOOO BRUTHUR......WHEN SADDAMANIA RUNS WILD...ON YOU!

 

[bionic77]

No Bush didn't. The torture you refer to was performed by a few sick sadistic soldiers who obviously have mental problems.

Didn't Rumsfeld have some big press conference on the limits of the definition of torture from the Geneva convention.

And I believe that the administration did change what was allowed during interrogation, though they changed it back after a few dozen people died.

So you can't really say that Bush had no hand in it, he wasn't directly responsible, but it appears he may have paved the way for it to happen.

 

[FightyF]

No Bush didn't. The torture you refer to was performed by a few sick sadistic soldiers who obviously have mental problems.

Uh...you DO know that Bush OKed the use of the techniques used in Gitmo?

 

[Particle Physicist]

"Fair" and "Saddam" should not be used in the same freakin sentence!! I wish they would allow anyone entering to take a piss at him, literally and then spit, spill some gas, throw a lit match, scortch him a little then put the fire off to setup for the same cycle by the next guy. Torturing him day and night for the next 200 years would not make up for the crimes he committed against humanity. Fuck Saddam.

On a semi-related note, I was just watching snippets of a show called "Terrorists in the hand of Justice" (translated) in the "Iraqiyyah" channel. They bring some of the mother fuckers who killed policemen, line them and bring the mothers of the deceased to identify them. It's really sad, one mother went: "Why did you kill my sun, have you no shame? [To the cameraman] he was really young and used to bring plates of Baklavah to [the killer] and then he gets killed by him. [To the killer] may God burn your heart like you burnt mine, may God takes revenge for my son, ..... " and she would go and deliver the most heartbreaking prayers you could hear. Seriously, If he somehow managed to avoid official punishment (which he won't), I won't be surprised if a lightning bolt came zappin straight at his fuckedup head.

And this is just one of many. He was one of the people who cooperated with some other shitheads and gave them information about the cops and their families or something.

And then there were the other lowlifes who came from outside of the country. One was from Sudan, for example; the guy with the cameraman asked him "Why did you come here, why didn't you stay and try to solve the Darfur problem?". Some from the inside of the country fought for money. But those coming from outside probably had shoes for minds and just wanted to kill and cause chaos.

Back to the topic: Fuck Saddam. That bitch. Him and his family were/are a bunch of sickos. If any of you had any chance of watching some of the tapes that were released around the attack on Iraq, you would know. In a party that his rotten dead sons would attend, people would need to watch out all the time since when they were drunk they liked to shoot people randomly, with rifles too if I am not mistaken. There was a video of some prisoners (who probably committed nothing other than walking down the street) who Saddam's troops would blindfold, put some sort of C4 or grenade or something on their pockets, push then in some holes in the ground and blow !!!

So in short, Fuck the MotherFucking Bastard (FtMFB) who is called Saddam. The End.

Edit: BTW, Saddam not only killed Shii'a, he also killed Kurds, and probably tried his hands at every race or faith there just for the heck of it. That piece of shit.

i read countless stories where his sons would do shit like.. take a newlywed couple.. rape the wife and force the husband to jump off a building.. crazy and nasty shit like that. not only did saddam and his sons authorize the rape, torture and murder of people.. they also directly participated .