***UPDATE 12:15 AM EST***

And thanks to Drudge again, here’s a photo from C-TV of the “Hanging Scene:”

This will be the last update to this post, and I will post the hanging video when it’s available - or any stills from it. Happy New Year, America, and a very Happy New Year to all of our troops who have worked and are working so hard to keep going strong. We still need you guys and gals, and we believe in what you’re doing. I think we’ll start to see some visible positive effects now once people know for a fact Saddam and his henchmen can never hurt them or threaten them again. Death never came soon enough for a better person. And I don’t think he’ll be going anywhere near any God - I think his after-life is looking quite blood-red and VERY warm.

More celebratory pictures for our enjoyment…

Good day sunshine

There goes another statue

And the Iraqi-American street parties continue

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More Iraqi Americans celebrate.

***UPDATE 10:28 PM EST***

Uday and Qusay Waiting for Daddy Dearest

THANK YOU DRUDGE! Drudge has the latest from the BBC:

Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location, reports say.

Iraqi TV said the execution took place just before 0600 local time (0300GMT). It was witnessed by a doctor, lawyer and officials. It was also filmed.

US troops and Iraqi security forces are on high alert for any violent backlash.

Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a year-long trial over the 1982 killings of 148 Shias in the town Dujail.

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***UPDATE 10:26 PM EST***

Al Arabiya says Saddam was executed sometime between 5:30 & 6:30 AM Baghdad time, and celebrations have already started in areas of Iraq. David MacDougal said there have been still photos of his hanging and the execution, and he’s hoping that means there will be a video released soon. Stay tuned!

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***UPDATE 10:22 PM EST***

The celebrations in Dearborn escalate over his execution. And one of Saddam’s lawyers is arguing with Greta over how innocent Saddam was, and is denying the gassing of the hundreds of thousands of Kurds. They’re all lying sacks of shit - including Ramsey Clark. OOohh! Greta might trade in her liberal stripes after this one! Go get ‘em, Greta! She’s not taking ANY flak!

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***UPDATE 10:09 PM EST***

SADDAM HUSSEIN IS DEAD - TIME OF DEATH 10:09 PM E.S.T. PER AL ARABIYA!!!!

NAH NAH NAH NAH, HEY HEY HEY, GOODBYE….

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***UPDATE 9:59 PM EST***

Per Arabia TV, it will be done within the next minute or so.

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***UPDATE 9:58 PM EST***

Saddam has just arrived at the execution site. YIPPEE! Popping cork now!

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***UPDATE 9:52 PM EST***

Final preparations are complete.

(Also, now’s a good time for a big dose of “STFU, ALAN!” I’ve heard enough of hit kumbaya, peace-at-any-price anti-death penalty garbage….ick!)

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***UPDATE 9:37 PM EST***

Fox News hosts H&C are watching live Iraqi TV on monitors, and they just announced the “final preparations are underway” in the gallows… stay tuned for that shining moment! Coming up soon! Dearborn Michigan Muslims are celebrating in the streets:

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***UPDATE 9:08 PM EST*** Boy, the graphics are coming hard and fast… I got this one from Theodore’s World via R-Cat….

… and this one from Seven Stripes

What a SWEEEEET way to end this year! I hope that this video gets released on the internet QUICKLY so we can all post it. To all those wussy MSM journalists who refuse to print any images, even if they’re published, SCREW YOU! You have published pictures of the Virgin Mary with dung all over her; “innocent” Iraqis dead in the street; and, oh, yeah, video of American soldiers and Marines being shot by insurgent snipers. But, Mohammed cartoons? Nooooo way! Pictures of Saddam’s dangling body? Noooo way! Too sensitive!

Screw all of you and screw Saddam most of all. Thanks to the blogosphere, this video, once released, will be the most highly viewed video of all time. If they can show Nick Berg and Paul Johnson, et. al., then we can show a swingin’ Saddam. It’ll sound at first like a skeet shoot: “PULL!” then “THUD.” hahahahahaaaaa

HA! Good riddance to bad rubbish, you worthless piece of dog squeeze! There are 72 Virginians waiting for your dumbass… along with a million very pissed off Shi’ites and Kurds. Jackass. Don’t believe me? Watch “Saddam: Weapon of Mass Destruction.” I’m going to toast the New Year early for the Kurds and the Shi’ites who have all lost loved ones to this bastard.

P.S. You payin’ attention Aquavelvajhad and Kim Jong Mentally Ill? The next ones will be for your asses.

P.P.S. Oh, and Ramsey Clark? You can kiss my ass, too, you traitor!

Others blogging: Right on the Right and Big Dog, and Cathouse Chat’s on it, too. More bloggers joining include Vinnie at MyPetJawa and Terry Dillard of Right Track.

Keep an eye on See-Dubya at HotAir for comprehensive coverage, as well as Michelle Malkin. And check out Blue Star Chronicles for a quite comprehensive round-up.