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Iraqi Government to Probe Saddam Execution Video
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1597BE1:A6F02AD83191E160840C35D254EF454D9574F7DCC14957C0 Film led some
critics to describe execution as sectarian act against deposed Sunni
Arab leader A top aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says
the government has launched an inquiry into the conduct of the
execution of Saddam Hussein and how it was secretly filmed and
distributed.







Iraqis protest against the execution of the country's former president
Saddam Hussein in the Sunni stronghold of Tikrit, 02 Jan 2007The
official execution tape, which had no sound, showed the former
dictator being led to the gallows but not his actual hanging. However,
video captured on a mobile phone camera showed footage and sound of
Saddam being taunted and then dropping to his death.

In the mobile phone footage, one person can be heard shouting
"Moqtada," the name of a radical Shi'ite cleric and opponent of
Saddam.

The unauthorized video has caused anger among many Saddam supporters,
who say it shows that the execution was a sectarian act against the
deposed Sunni Arab leader.

Tuesday, Sunni Arab mourners in Saddam's hometown Tikrit and other
cities marched to pay their respects to the former dictator.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.


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