Saddam Hussein Hanged
Reports coming in that Saddam Hussein has been hanged.
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U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday. |
Source: Reuters
BBC News is is reporting that the execution was filmed.
Iraqis are celebrating. Perhaps now they can begin a new chapter and start down the road to peace.
More info: Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Drudge, Ace of Spades
*Update* Also hanged were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court.
*Update* Video from LiveLeak.com.
*Update* LiveLeak also has the full video of Saddam's hanging shot from a cell phone.