From: "Phil Payne" 

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6218485.stm
>
> et voila. Now ee's dead let's see the real power struggle start.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/bizarrebazaar/2006/12/saddams_hanging.html#comment-271
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"As they guide him towards the trap door and put the noose over his
head, they start chanting religious slogans with the names of Moqtada al
Sadr (the head of the Mahdi army, accused of organizing death squads
against Sunnis) and Baqr al Sadr (the father-in-law of Moqtada).  Saddam, a
Sunni, is outraged at this last-minute provocation,  and tells them to 'go
to hell."'"

...

"The video itself seems quite distasteful -- but it is informative to
the extent that it reveals the political baggage that the current
government carries on its shoulders.  It does not add up to a pretty
picture."

Not quite the official position.  But was the real reason his execution was
brought forward to prevent him giving evidence in the Kurd massacre case?

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