Saddam Hussein has made it known, via his lawyer, that he prefers to be shot by a firing squad instead of being hanged if sentenced to death by the court trying him for war crimes.
Issam Ghazzawi said that Saddam told him and Ramsey Clark:
"Threatening me with death doesn't mean anything. I don't care less. The life of any one Iraqi is no less valuable than mine. I am the commander-in-chief. I prefer it to be by firing squad.
I'm not afraid of death. Of course I'm not guilty, but I know they want me dead."
He then went on to add:
"I'm fighting against US tyranny on behalf of Iraqis, Arabs, all the people of the world. The US will not be able to formulate a new world. They tried in Iraq and failed badly, so by standing against President George W Bush we are protecting other countries and regions of the world. Now the US will think a thousand times before daring to attack another country."
I wonder now if it wouldn't have been better if Saddam had been shot, "resisting arrest", when he was captured?
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