“Of course, we’re happy. The way I see it, justice has to be done and that’s what he deserved.”
Talal Ibrahim, 54,
Born in Baghdad, now a telecommunication engineer, Mission Viejo
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“I wish he had been executed a million and a half times because there are a million and a half Iraqis that lost their lives as a result of Saddam’s rule.”
Mazin Al-Eshaiker, 45,
visiting in Newport Beach. He’s Motorola’s country manager for Iraq.
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“You really feel relief that finally justice is done and that part of our history is behind us. A little sorrow that a human being got killed, even Saddam.”
Musa Bahia, 56,
who was born in Baghdad and is now a Newport Coast dentist
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“It’s not going to make one bit of difference, in my opinion. What we did is equivalent to a hostile take over of a corporation and the CEO was Saddam Hussein and he was ousted on April 7, 2003.”
Yvonne Wachter,
Huntington Beach , mother of Capt. Chris Wachter, who piloted the B1-B bomber that smashed a building where Saddam Hussein was thought to be.
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“I don’t see it having a great impact militarily. We still have a job to do there.”
Karen McGraw,
Anaheim, wife of Sgt. John McGraw, California Army National Guard.
