THREE children have hanged themselves after seeing footage of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's execution on television.

10-year-old Sergio Pelico, who hanged himself in Texas, had seen the video of Saddam's execution and had asked about it before his death, police said today.

A similar incident involving a nine-year-old boy occurred in Pakistan, the Press Association (PA) reported.

Mubashar Ali, who died after hanging himself, was said to have been helped by his 10-year-old sister to tie a rope to a ceiling fan and around his neck.

Earlier in the week in India, a 15-year-old girl killed herself in an apparent direct response to Saddam's hanging.

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Not really the type of thing I think anyone expected from Saddam's hanging.

retards everywhere

'only in America'

it's not like that was the worlds first hanging!

f***ing retards

'only in America'

Don't forget India and Pakistan.

Quick! someone nuke this thread before someone on this forum gets some ideas!

Also i thought this thread would be about hanging cats.

shhhh tanaka!

don't bring logic to the thread.

obviously its an anti america thread :p

i dont really think they are copycat

its much more likely that they all loved saddam so much, that they couldnt continue on without him

i was toying with ending it all after the death of saddam, but i remembered i have a dental appointment next week that i didnt want to miss

Natural Selection at its finest

What the f*** would a 15 year old know s*** dick all about politics and lubby duby for saddam to want to do that.
And what 10 year old would either.
/boggles.

You might as well say, "US's war in Iraq has resulted in copycat murders in the USA. 1 000 000 people were killed by guns yesterday..."

these retarded kiddies deserved to die for their stupidity. reminds me of the girl from curb your enthusiasm season 3 when she asked Larry to give her antique doll a haircut and then cried to her mummy when she found out the hair wouldn't grow back.

children grow some brains ffs. you will have to grow up and die for your country one day.

More like the journalist heard about some random hangings this week and blamed it all on Saddam. Journalism this good should be on ninemsn.

Saddam continues with his murderous ways even after his death.

A bit like 2pac with his music.

Yeah I dont think this can be attributed to A) Being young enough to see something on TV and wanting to immitate it without awareness of the physical concequence, B) They are taking some sort of political stance and taking drastic action to make their point.
So that leaves C) Stupidity.
Or maybe they were just really depressed kids who used news coverage an inspiration to do something about their current emotional situation.
Or maybe they were all just accidental auto-erotic experiments and given the Suddam footage media has decided to blame him for something more.
/rant

or most likely they were just stupid

Earlier in the week in India, a 15-year-old girl killed herself in an apparent direct response to Saddam's hanging.

The girl, Moon Moon, had become extremely depressed after watching Saddam's execution on television, her father said.

Someone called Moon Moon has a lot more to be depressed about.

Hahaha parabol, that was gold!

"It appears to be a tragic accident."

Except for the bit where the childs parents let it watch a video of an execution, despite warnings of 'disturbing images'.

they grow up packing ak47's and shooting s***

i doubt one pussy hanging was enough

Para wins this thread

Michael Hutchence was a visionary