Arabs Celebrate as Saddam Swings

Saddam was executed at dawn in the streets of Baghdad. The Arab world immedieately celebrated. The world breathes a sigh of relief today and the Baathists and insurgents in Iraq gasp in horror as their cause begins to collapse.

From the AP here:

Saddam Hussein was taken to the gallows clutching a Quran and hanged Saturday.

In Baghdad’s Shiite enclave of Sadr City, people danced in the streets while others fired guns in the air to celebrate the former dictator’s death. The government did not impose a round-the-clock curfew as it did last month when Saddam was convicted to thwart any surge in retaliatory violence.