I can view it easily, but where is the execution?

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So far the only thing circulating is Saddam getting the "neck tie" and then the video cuts out. Apparently he died very fast and they let him hang for 10 minutes till confirming the death. I was watching a doctor discuss hanging and he said it take 3 minutes to cut all oxygen from the brain, resulting in brain death..however...the heart can continue to beat for 10 minutes after hanging. Thus the delay.

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Actually, if done properly and "humanely" (if that is possible), a quick jerk when they dropped the ground from under him would have likely produced a bilateral (double-sided) fracture of the odontoid process of the C2 vertebra, which would then extend back into his upper spinal cord producing instant death. This type of fracture is (interestingly enough) known as a hangman's fracture. It would be like turning off a light switch. Best scenario for the executionee.

Exactly right. Back in the "old days", there existed tables that the hangman would consult, referencing the height and weight of the executionee, telling the hangman how long the rope should be to create the proper force for a quick neck snap.

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Well I'll go with the two doctors I hear review the topic and how it is done in Iraq. Though that may be the proper way to do it.

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What if the neck doesn't brake, can you give us an idea of what happens then?


If I was him I'd like to be shot. Somehow its just more manly but then maybe that's why it was done this way. For some reason facing a firing squad in my opinion is not as degrading as being hung.

If his neck doesn't break, then they would likely let him hang and suffocate. That would be more cruel, IMO.

I was not suggesting ways to kill him. I was simply providing some insight on how hanging executions work (or are supposed to work).