Crowds of Iraqi Sunnis Protest Saddam's Execution. 2007. Buffalonews.com. 2 January 2007
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20070102/1028906.asp
Crowds of Iraqi Sunnis Protest Saddam's Execution
Not many people liked Saddam Hussein, or what he did during his dictatorship in Iraq. However, there are some exceptions because the Sunnis in Iraq supported him, while the Kurds and Shiites didn't. When Saddam Hussein was given the death penalty, most cheered and couldn't be happier. "The Sunnis are now enraged at the U.S. for Hussein's execution, and on Monday, protested in Baghdad inside the Golden Dome. The Golden Dome is a Shiite shrine, which was locked because earlier in the year, a group of Sunni extremists bombed the shrine and damaged it immensely. To show their displeasure towards the hanging of Hussein, a mob of angry Sunnis broke the locks of the shrine, and marched in with a mock coffin and photograph of their former dictator." If that wasn't enough, Sunnis became infuriated after watching a video of the execution, taken on a mobile phone inside the chamber. "They heard chanting in the background that were "Muqtada," which referred to a firebrand Shiite cleric who runs one of Iraq's most violent religious militias."
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