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3:56 AM ET, December 30, 2006

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Reuters:
Saddam Hussein hanged, says Al Hurra TV station  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday.  —  The former Iraqi president ousted in April 2003 by a U.S.- led invasion …
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See-Dubya / Hot Air:
Report: Saddam hanged; Update: Witnesses danced around the body?  —  Word just in from al-Arabiya that Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti is dead.  —  Sic Semper Tyrannis.  Watch this space for more details.  —  Update (AP): Al-Hurra is reporting it too.  I'm monitoring Al Jazeera in the expectation …
New York Times:
Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence Is Hanged for Crimes Against Humanity  —  Saddam Hussein, the dictator who led Iraq through three decades of brutality, war and bombast before American forces chased him from his capital city and captured him in a filthy pit near his hometown …
Martin Lewis / The Huffington Post:
WELL HUNG!  Saddam Hung To Prove Bush is BETTER Hung...  (Than His Dad)  —  (Photo of well-hung leader by www.wacotrib.com)  —  We Got Him!!!!  Only $354 Billion & 3,000 US Military!  —  (I'd call that a Bargain.  The best we've ever had...)  —  Some thanks are in order:  —  1) To George W. Bush.
Associated Press:
Saddam Hussein executed for war crimes  —  Saddam Hussein, the shotgun-waving dictator who ruled Iraq with a remorseless brutality for a quarter-century and was driven from power by a U.S.-led war that left his country in shambles, was taken to the gallows clutching a Quran and hanged Saturday.
Discussion: Democrats.com and In the Bullpen
Associated Press:
Official: Saddam to be executed tonight  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The official witnesses to Saddam Hussein's impending execution gathered Friday in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in final preparation for his hanging, as state television broadcast footage of his regime's atrocities.
MSNBC:
Saddam Hussein executed  —  Deposed Iraqi dictator hanged for deaths of 148 Shiites in 1982  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three years after he was hauled from a hole in the ground by pursuing U.S. forces, Saddam Hussein was hanged Saturday under a sentence imposed by an Iraqi court, an Iraqi official told NBC News.
Reuters:
Saddam Hussein hanged: witnesses  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday, a dramatic end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before a U.S. invasion toppled him and was then convicted of crimes against humanity.
Times of London:
Obituary - Saddam Hussein  —  Former Iraqi dictator who ruled his country without mercy and struck fear into the heart of millions  —  Saddam Hussein was a tyrant whose actions brought down unimaginable catastrophe on Iraq and its peoples.  From an early age, he had enjoyed inflicted suffering …
Discussion: Guardian and New York Times
Michelle Malkin:
Report: Saddam is dead  —  ***1:53am Eastern update...witness Mowaffak al Rubaie describes to FNC the execution scene..."meticulously adhered to Islamic practice and ritual...no foreigners, no coalition"...body carried to ambulance/helicopter...negotiating with family on burial location...he shouted "Long live jihad!"...
Bill Carter / New York Times:
TV Executives Debate Whether to Show Execution
Discussion: On Deadline and Liberty Street
Human Rights Watch News Releases:
Iraq: Saddam Hussein Put to Death
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
George Moneo / Babalu Blog:   Sic semper tyrannis
Bryan / Hot Air:   Remembering Saddam  —  He was a street tough who took power …
Newsweek:
CAIR Play?  —  Sen. Barbara Boxer recalled an award she recently gave to an Islamic activist because of his ties to a major American Muslim organization—that critics say has ties to terrorist activities.  —  Dangerous Group?  President Bush met with Muslim-American representatives on Sept. 17, 2001.
Tkarr / Save the Internet Blog:
AT&T Yields to Neutrality, Paves Path to Congress  —  In a striking victory for Internet freedom advocates, AT&T officials agreed on Thursday night to adhere to strict Network Neutrality conditions if allowed to complete their $85 billion merger with BellSouth which was approved today.
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Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah's Christian Allies  —  This is the second installment in a series.  You can read Part One here if you missed it.  —  BEIRUT - While Hezbollah staged a mass protest and sit-in downtown Beirut with the hopes of ousting the elected anti-Syrian "March 14" government, I watched from the patio of a café across the street.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Lara Setrakian / ABCNEWS:
DAs Call for Prosecutor in Duke Lacrosse Case to Step Down  —  Nifong to Be Tried for Ethics Violations  —  ABC News Law & Justice Unit  —  In yet another moral blow to Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys called for the prosecutor to step down from the Duke lacrosse case.
 
 
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