Germany and France, two of the most vocal anti-war opponents, strongly stated their opposition--without exception--to the death penalty and called on Iraqi authorities to ensure Saddam a fair trial. Liberal Loony Leftists around the world are uniting around the cause to forgive Saddam and spare his life.
In a display of almost supernatural hypocrisy however, France and Germany did not complain about this...
Palestinian informer executed in public by militants
Saturday Argus
Palestinian militants publicly executed an accused collaborator with Israel with machineguns in a West Bank town square yesterday after a throng of Palestinian onlookers called for him to die.Wild celebrations broke out among the hundreds of spectators after four gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, part of President Yasser Arafat`s Fatah movement, shot father-of-two Muhammad Raflq Daraghmeh, 45, in Qabatiya.
Militants hustled Daraghmeh into the square before assembled townsfolk and told them: 'This man, as you know, gave information to Israel on the whereabouts of our fighters. What should his sentence be?'
`Execution!` roared the crowd.
The militants gunned down Daraghmeh seconds later and residents both young and old cheered and chanted around his prone, bloodied corpse. A (ed: Al-)Reuters correspondent witnessed the execution. Militant groups have killed at least 30 compatriots accused of being informers for Israeli forces fighting an almost four-year-old revolt in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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