临终前的萨达姆

满脸灰白须髯的年迈老人木然地站在临时搭建的绞刑架下，他的敌人奚落着他。在他进行最后的祷告之时，活板门突然打开，他掉下去．咽了气。所有的过程都被拍了下来，但有两个版本。一个是官方录像．拍摄到活板门打开之前就结束了。而另外一个是在互联网上竞相流传的私底下用手机拍摄的完整视频。可是，如果一个暴君非得死的话．那么这必定是他会选择的方式。在最后一刻，他竟仍有能力支配全球的观众。

An Undignified End for Saddam

An ageing man with a grey beard stands, looking bemused, beneath a makeshift gibbet while his enemies taunt him. As he is saying a final prayer, the trapdoor is suddenly released and he plunges to his death, All this is filmed. Twice. Once as an official video that ends just before the door is opened. But also in a clandestine, unexpurgated videophone version now doing the rounds on the internet. And yet, if a dictator has to die,