Matt Jones' Random Acts of Verbiage

I have collected a few pictures floating around of reactions to Saddam Hussein’s guilty verdict. For more info and links, see my post: Guilty: Saddam Hussein Gets Death Penalty!. Also, for a great roundup with links and info, see the Pajamas Media Post: SADDAM TO HANG.

“Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein yells at the court as he receives his verdict during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone November 5, 2006. A U.S.-backed Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced toppled leader Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for crimes against humanity. (David Furst/Pool/Reuters)” (source)

“Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yells at the court as a court guard moves to hold him back as he receives his verdict during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Hussein’s death sentence drew an outpouring of vengeful glee from the ousted Iraqi leader’s Middle East foes and muted discontent from Sunni radicals.(AFP/Pool/Scott Nelson)” (source)

“Iraqis burn Saddam Hussein’s effigy as they celebrate the death sentence verdict for former leader Saddam Hussein, in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)” (source)

“Shi’ite residents chant slogans as they burn an effigy of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, November 5, 2006. A U.S.-backed Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced toppled leader Saddam Hussein to death by hanging for crimes against humanity. REUTERS/AAli Abu Shish (IRAQ)” (source)

“Saddam Hussein. A shaken but defiant Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging, as the dramatic end to his first trial drove another wedge between Iraq’s already bitterly divided factions.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)” (source)

(source)

“Iraqis in the predominately-Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City hold up a portrait of Shiite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr as they drive through the streets in celebration of the guilty verdict handed down today against former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Amnesty International has condemned the death sentences handed to Saddam and two of his senior allies, describing their trial as a “shabby affair, marred by serious flaws”.(AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)” (source)

“Iraqis celebrate after a court delivered a death sentence verdict for former leader Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad’s Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)” (source)

“Iraqis celebrate as the death sentence verdict for former leader Saddam Hussein is announced, in Baghdad’s Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ The posters shows radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his father Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr who was killed by Saddam Hussein’s regime. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)” (source)

“Iraqis celebrate as the death sentence verdict for former leader Saddam Hussein is announced, in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)” (source)

“Iraqis hold up images of Saddam Hussein as they protest his death sentence verdict in Samarra, Iraq, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ (AP Photo/Hameed Rasheed)” (source)

“Iraqis hold up images of Saddam Hussein as they protest his death sentence verdict, in his hometown of Tikrit,130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ (AP Photo/Bassem Daham)” (source)

“Iraqis hold up image of Saddam Hussein as they protest his death sentence verdict in his hometown of Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006. Iraq’s High Tribunal on Sunday found Saddam Hussein guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to hang, as the visibly shaken former leader shouted ‘God is great!’ (AP Photo/Bassem Daham)” (source)

I will try to add more photos as I see them.