Sounds as though his Iraqi jailers tormented him to the end. Zeyad has a translation of his last words, which didn’t include what NBC of San Diego and Al Jazeera and others have claimed, “Palestine is Arab”.
But what is puzzling to me is why Saddam’s burial was allowed in his home town of Tikrit where his Baathist supporters still are. There is merit to the suggestion that he should have been buried in a place unknown; it would prevent his admirers from using his tomb as a martyr’s shrine, inspiring his barbaric supporters to shed more blood.
And for those who keep bleating that Saddam was sectarian, why would he then carry the Koran to the gallows, and say this prayer:
Saddam (solemnly recites the Shahada prayer): I witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is the messenger of Allah. I witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Mohammed is the- (trap door is opened).
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