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 CHICAGO (AP) - Stephanie Dostie says she thinks it's ironic that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed on the one-year anniversary of her husband's death. "I think it was a very generous death for him," said Dostie, whose husband, Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Christopher Dostie, was killed in Iraq in a blast from an improvised explosive device on Dec. 30, 2005. "He got his last prayer. He got his last meal."
As word of Saddam's execution spread across the globe, soldiers and family members still grieving over the loss of relatives said they found little comfort in the death of the man the military once called High Value Target No. 1.
"Does it mean the mission is accomplished? Does it mean our soldiers can leave Iraq? Does it mean no more soldiers have to die?" said Jane Bright of Los Angeles, whose son, Army Sgt. Evan Ashcraft, was killed in Iraq on July 24, 2003.
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