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01-08-2007, 10:00 PM
New Video Appears to Show Body of Saddam After Hanging
Monday , January 08, 2007
NEW YORK ? A new and graphic video purportedly showing the body of hanged Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein surfaced Monday on the Web.
The 27-second video, posted on Google, appears to show Saddam's body on a gurney, covered with a white shroud that is removed so the person videotaping has a clear shot at his head and neck. A large and gaping wound is visible on the neck.
A video purporting to show the body of Saddam Hussein is posted on Google Video.
Warning: The content is very graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO.
(http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-233844812484249985)
Saddam was hanged on Dec. 30, 2006.
Also hanged were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court. State-run Iraqiya television news announcer said "criminal Saddam was hanged to death and the execution started with criminal Saddam then Barzan then Awad al-Bandar."
Mariam al-Rayes, a legal expert and a former member of the Shiite bloc in parliament, told Iraqiya television that the execution "was filmed and God willing it will be shown. There was one camera present, and a doctor was also present there."
A controversy arose immediately after the hanging when a video recording the event on a cell phone camera showed up on the Web.
The leaked and unauthorized cell phone video, in which some of those present can be heard to taunt Saddam in the final moments of his life, set off an uproar both inside and outside Iraq.
The storm of criticism prompted the U.S. to publicly distance itself and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch the investigation that led to Wednesday's detentions.
Monday , January 08, 2007
NEW YORK ? A new and graphic video purportedly showing the body of hanged Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein surfaced Monday on the Web.
The 27-second video, posted on Google, appears to show Saddam's body on a gurney, covered with a white shroud that is removed so the person videotaping has a clear shot at his head and neck. A large and gaping wound is visible on the neck.
A video purporting to show the body of Saddam Hussein is posted on Google Video.
Warning: The content is very graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO.
(http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-233844812484249985)
Saddam was hanged on Dec. 30, 2006.
Also hanged were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court. State-run Iraqiya television news announcer said "criminal Saddam was hanged to death and the execution started with criminal Saddam then Barzan then Awad al-Bandar."
Mariam al-Rayes, a legal expert and a former member of the Shiite bloc in parliament, told Iraqiya television that the execution "was filmed and God willing it will be shown. There was one camera present, and a doctor was also present there."
A controversy arose immediately after the hanging when a video recording the event on a cell phone camera showed up on the Web.
The leaked and unauthorized cell phone video, in which some of those present can be heard to taunt Saddam in the final moments of his life, set off an uproar both inside and outside Iraq.
The storm of criticism prompted the U.S. to publicly distance itself and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to launch the investigation that led to Wednesday's detentions.