Due to my shock-ness of Saddam Hussein's death on Eidul Adha 3 days ago – which supposed to be held a month later -, I keep searching for the news on Saddam's death execution. And after days of his death and my searching of his last day, lots of opinions spread among bloggers and others who wrote about the execution, lots of pros and cons was spoken by a lot of people. I myself first saw the execution through a video tape in youtube.
I was quite shocked about the news presented by CNN, it was said that his last word was a mock over Saddam’s enemy while the truth wasn’t like that. If only the video of Saddam’s execution wasn’t leaking and the whole world didn’t see the video record with their own eyes, it was crafted in everyone’s mind that his last word wasn’t avowal – syahadat- words; it was the mocking of Muqtada Al Sadr – Saddam’s enemy-. Maybe the Siiah and Suni will once again put anger over another, because of the mocking that was claimed to be Saddam's last words.
It was a big difference for Moslem who understand, that saying the avowal words before confront death is extremely difficult. Will we ever say it before we die? Will we even notice that our death has come? Saddam had faced his destiny – can we really call it destiny? If a man’s life and death is defined by another man? - With a brave heart. He said it out loud. He said the avowal words twice before he was hung. His second avowal wasn’t even finished, when the floor where he stood collapsed.
After the military aggression done by US in Iraq, has Iraq became a better place? It can be seen that it’s not. The civil war spread among the Iraqi, a suicide bomb happens frequently. Maybe I have to admit, the one who keep the civil war from not happening in Iraq was Saddam himself. Just like Soeharto keep Indonesia like we once knew. I know some people disagree, but let’s face it, some taxi’s driver, bajaj’s driver, becak’s driver and those people who lives under the line of prosperity said that Jakarta and Indonesia was better under the leadership of Soeharto as the president, despite the affairs and pro cons over the way he lead this country. The USD rate was two thousand rupiahs, basic needs and gasoline was at cheap price. Everything that you could imagine was cheaper then.
I once ever wrote about the deed of US behind the Iraq invasion 3 years ago and my opinion, the plan of Iraq invasion was nothing related to the development of massive-weapon nor nuclear threats. It was more about the US ambition to torn down the leadership of Saddam Hussein, I never knew, not even crossed my mind, what has Saddam or Iraqi has done to the US that deserves these kinds of slaughters. What was the thing that profitable to the US if Iraq is broken apart and it’s official president torn down. I can never understand how come the one that killed the most could still possibly said it out loud, that he and his country had done so much to the Iraqi and to the world to make it a better place - oh yeah, better place for them, not for the country's citizen -. Has the world been blinded? I never agreed about the attack on 11th September, but why was the world aware and was forced to see of that terrible moments while the one that is currently happening – and Allah only knows for how long it will take - in Iraq just coincidentally slip their eyes?
I once again said, his last words was "Ashadu an la ilaha ila Allah, wa ashhadu ana Mohammadurrasool Allah*". It wasn’t the mocking of his enemy. My deep condolence goes to Saddam Hussein. May Allah SWT forgive all of his mistakes and keep him in the most comfortable place beside Allah SWT. Amiin…
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* Means: "I witness there is no god but Allah and that Mohammed is His messenger." atau “Aku bersaksi, tiada Tuhan selain Allah dan Muhammad ialah utusan (rosul) Allah.”
