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Bienvenue au Bas-Canada!
2007/01/15 @ 11:16
Retour à la normale après un mois de décembre qui a fait bad tripper les écolos et autres verts forêt. Moi j’étais bien content! Il faut croire que je ne suis pas un vrai. N’oublions pas les trois certitudes: la mort, l’impôt et des hivers de merde au Québec.
Do you consider this bravery?
2007/01/03 @ 20:46
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6220829.stm
Video shows taunts at execution
New footage of Saddam Hussein’s final moments reveals the former Iraqi president exchanged taunts and insults with witnesses at his execution.
The grainy images are believed to have been filmed on a mobile phone.
Unlike on the silent, official film showing a subdued Saddam Hussein, the execution is a charged, angry scene.
In it people chant the name of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and tell Saddam Hussein to “go to hell”, while the former leader mocks their bravery.
And unlike the official film, which was released on Saturday, the new video shows the moment that the gallows trapdoor opens, sending Saddam Hussein to his death.
“Some of the guards started to taunt him - by shouting Islamic words” –Judge Munir Haddad, execution witness
It also has images of Saddam Hussein’s face as he swings dead from the noose.
The amateur footage first appeared on websites and then excerpts began airing on major news channels.
It is not known who filmed the video and whether its release was officially sanctioned. However, it is clear that the seemingly quiet, dignified send off, portrayed on the official video does not tell the whole story.
Shot from below the gallows, the video begins with Saddam Hussein, surrounded men by masked men, being led out onto the trapdoor.
The darkened scene is frequently lit up by flashes from people taking photographs.
As he shuffles forward, the crowd of witnesses standing below can be heard talking in conversational tones, but as the noose is placed around his neck the crowd becomes more agitated, with some shouting out insults.
“Do you consider this bravery?” –Saddam Hussein, on new video
One of the unseen observers shouts “go to hell”, others chant the name of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and of Muhammad Sadiq Sadr, his father who was murdered by Saddam Hussein’s agents.
In response Saddam Hussein is sarcastic, asking “do you consider this bravery?”
He begins intoning the shahada, the Islamic creed, saying “there is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God. There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad” - at which point he is cut off as the trapdoor opens and he falls.
Matching accounts
Noise breaks out, and a voice shouts out “the tyrant has fallen, damn him!” as the camera swings around wildly for a few seconds before settling on a close up image of Saddam Hussein still swinging on the noose, his lifeless face upturned, eyes open.
“I feel saddened by the death of Saddam, not because he deserved to live but because it is taking place under US occupation of Iraq” — Nafeesa Zafar, Pakistan
Arab news channels have run abridged versions of the crudely shot film, stopping short of the moment of execution.
The latest video tallies with an account of the event given by one of the witnesses present.
In an interview with the BBC’s John Simpson, Judge Munir Haddad said that as Saddam Hussein was led up the steps to the gallows he was reciting “God is Great!” and also some political slogans like: “Down with the Americans!” and “Down with the Invaders!”
“We’re going to Heaven and our enemies will rot in Hell!” he said, according to Judge Haddad, and called for forgiveness and love amongst Iraqis, but also stressed that the Iraqis should fight the Americans and the Persians.
“Some of the guards started to taunt him - by shouting Islamic words. A cleric who was present asked Saddam to recite some spiritual words. Saddam did so, but with sarcasm. These were his last words,” Judge Haddad said.
Translation of Arabic subtitles accompanying the latest execution footage as broadcast on al-Jazeera TV station:
[Saddam] Oh God.
[Voices] May God’s blessings be upon Muhammad and his household.
[Voices] And may God hasten their appearance and curse their enemies.
[Voices] Moqtada [Al-Sadr]…Moqtada…Moqtada.
[Saddam] Do you consider this bravery?
[Voice] Long live Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.
[Voice] To hell.
[Voice] Please do not. The man is being executed. Please no, I beg you to stop.
[Saddam] There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God. There is no God but Allah and I testify that Muhammad…
At this point the video stops and the sound of the trapdoors opening is heard in the background.
Saddam’s last words
@ 20:30
http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/
Saddam (as the noose is put around his neck): Ya Allah (Oh God).
Someone in the audience: Mercy be on those who pray for Mohammed and the household of Muhammed (Everyone repeats the prayer, including Saddam) -
Executioner and two people in the audience: … And hasten his return (the Mahdi), curse his enemy and grant victory to his son, Muqtada, Muqtada, Muqtada! (This is a common Sadrist chant.)
Saddam (smirking): Muqtada? Is this your manhood? (unclear)
NSA Muwafaq Al-Rubai’i: To Hell!
Saddam: (laughing) … and disgrace to you. (unintelligible)
Prosecutor Munqidh Al-Far’awn: Please, no.
Muwafaq Al-Rubai’i: Longlive Mohammed Baqir Al-Sadr!
Someone in the audience: To Hell!
Prosecutor Munqidh Al-Far’awn: No. Please, no. I beg you. The man is in an execution.
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).
Audience (in unison): Prayers for Mohammed and the household of Muhammed.
Someone: The tyrant has fell. May Allah’s curse be upon him.
Someone: May Allah’s curse be upon him.
(commotion in the hall)
Someone: No. No. Stay back.
Someone: Leave him for 8 minutes, boys. Don’t take him down.
Someone: Everyone. Stay back. Everyone. Back.
Beauregard, Nadeau et Perron remportent les honneurs mensuels de la LHJMQ
@ 13:08
http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/lang_fr/index.php?page=232&id_nouvelle=1303
(Image: Thomas Beauregard, Bobby Nadeau et David Perron)
BOUCHERVILLE, le mercredi 3 janvier 2007 – La Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec a dévoilé aujourd’hui les récipiendaires des titres du joueur offensif, défensif et la recrue du mois de décembre. Les gagnants ont été choisis par un comité de sélection établi par la Ligue.
Sans grande surprise, le titre du joueur offensif revient à l’attaquant Thomas Beauregard du Titan de l’Acadie-Bathurst. Le talentueux attaquant du Titan a été dominant en zone offensive au cours du dernier mois. Beauregard a inscrit quatorze filets, dont deux buts gagnants, en plus de récolter onze mentions d’aide en quatorze matchs pour ainsi se hisser au sommet de la colonne des marqueurs du circuit avec 83 points. Par ailleurs, deux de ses filets ont été marqués en désavantage numérique. Enfin, il a affiché un différentiel (plus/moins) de +11.
François Bouchard (7-15-22) du Drakkar, David Desharnais (10-9-19) des Saguenéens et Toby Lafrance (10-7-17) des Tigres ont aussi été considérés.
Du côté défensif, le gardien de but Bobby Nadeau des Saguenéens mérite le titre du joueur défensif du dernier mois. En effet, Nadeau joue un rôle important dans les succès des Saguenéens depuis les quatre dernières semaines. En dix départs, il a récolté neuf gains tout en affichant une moyenne de buts alloués de 2,36 et un pourcentage d’efficacité de ,916. De plus, il est le gardien de but ayant joué le plus de minutes cette saison; près de deux milles.
Andrew Andricopoulos (5-9-14; +9) des Remparts, Marc-André Gragnani (6-8-14; +7) du Rocket et Andrew MacDonald (1-7-8; +10) des Wildcats ont aussi mérité un coup d’oeil.
Chez les recrues, l’attaquant David Perron des MAINEiacs de Lewiston remporte l’honneur pour un deuxième mois consécutif. Perron a inscrit cinq filets en plus d’amasser sept passes en onze rencontres, tout en affichant un différentiel (plus/moins) de +5. Il s’est aussi impliqué physiquement, distribuant un total de dix-sept mises en échec. Ses succès ont d’ailleurs permis aux MAINEiacs de demeurer au sommet de la division Est.
Nicola Riopel (4-3; 209 MIN; 2,29 MBA; ,912 %EFF) des Wildcats, T.J. Brennan (2-4-6; +4) des Fog Devils et Maxime Provencher (1-3-4; +7) des Saguenéens ont aussi attiré l’attention.
| Source: | LHJMQ - D.D. et Karl Jahnke |
Saddam’s dead baby, Saddam’s dead.
2006/12/31 @ 9:36
The Cat
2006/12/22 @ 18:29
Lu dans La Presse…
2006/12/21 @ 14:30
“Les convertis ne doivent jamais oublié (sic) leur passé et leur culture.”
Eh ben, ça commence à ressembler à la Voix du Sud, tout ça!
Faites un miracle. S.V.P.
@ 10:56
Trouvé dans la rue par Val.
Flood Maps
2006/12/16 @ 10:24
” Le niveau des océans connaîtra une hausse beaucoup plus rapide qu’évalué usqu’à maintenant, à cause du réchauffement climatique et de la dilatation de l’eau. ” — Radio-Canada.
http://blog.firetree.net/2006/05/18/more-about-flood-maps/
Pour compléter…
2006/12/14 @ 13:34
