Apparently, Saddam's hanging has spawned copycats all over the world, especially children. Is it a matter of Sunni pride? Wounded Arab Nationalism? Either way, it's not a story you're going to hear in the American press.
From Egypt's Daily Star:
CAIRO: A teenager has hanged himself in Alexandria in an apparent imitation of last month's execution of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, a security source said Saturday.
Abdullah Farag, 15, put a hood over his own head before hanging himself with a cord from one of the windows in his room on Friday, the source said.
His mother, Manal Abdullah, said she returned from a trip to the market to find her son hanging "like Saddam."
Farag was the ninth child around the world reported to have died after trying to reenact Saddam's execution. Most recently a 12-year-old died in southeastern Turkey on Jan. 8.
Saddam's hanging on Dec. 30 was broadcast by state television and a string of satellite channels around the world.
It saddens me that death always seems to spawn more of itself, perpetually.
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