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The big story this morning is that Saddam has been hanged. I’m stuck for time this morning so English language coverage only I’m afraid:

Aswat Al Iraq [English]

Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Execution-Update 3

Posted by: nadioshka on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 06:41 AM

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Saddam, Barzan and Awwad hanged in Iraq – TV
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Baghdad, Dec 30, (VOI) – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and former head of revolutionary court Awwad al-Bandar were all executed at dawn on Saturday, the first day of the Moslem Eid al-Adha (Bairam), al-Iraqiya official TV channel said.

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Execution-Update 2

Posted by: nadioshka on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 06:11 AM

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Saddam Hussein executed on Saturday– media
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Baghdad, Dec 30, (VOI) – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hanged on Saturday, the first day of Eid al-Adha (Bairam), al-Iraqiya official TV channel said.

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Execution-Update 1

Posted by: nadioshka on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 05:49 AM

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Saddam Hussein executed by hanging - media
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Baghdad, Dec 30, (VOI) – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hanged on Saturday, the first day of Eid al-Adha (Bairam), several news agencies and TV channels reported.

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Execution (Urgent)

Posted by: nadioshka on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 05:34 AM

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Saddam Hussein hanged – Reuters quoting al-Hurra TV
Baghdad, Dec 30, (VOI) – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday, Reuters news agency quoted al-Hurra TV channel as saying.

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam Hussein hanged – Reuters quoting al-Hurra TV

Posted by: nadioshka on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 05:24 AM

Saddam Hussein hanged – Reuters quoting al-Hurra TV

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Execution-Update 1

Posted by: nadioshka on Saturday, December 30, 2006 - 12:29 AM

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Conflicting news about Saddam execution
Baghdad, Dec 29, (VOI) – Conflicting news surfaced about whether Iraqi former President Saddam Hussein would be executed on Saturday or after Eid al-Adha (Bairam) and whether the U.S. army has handed him over to the Iraqi government or not.

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Gallows

Posted by: nadioshka on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 11:57 PM

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Gallows set up for Saddam inside Baghdad’s Green Zone
By Wathiq Ismael
Baghdad, Dec 29, (VOI) – The gallows have been set up for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein inside Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone, al-Hurra satellite TV said on Friday.

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Voices of Iraq: Saddam-Execution (Urgent)

Posted by: nadioshka on Friday, December 29, 2006 - 11:42 PM

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Saddam to be executed Saturday dawn – sources
Cairo, Dec 29, (VOI) – Iraqi deposed President Saddam Hussein is to be executed at dawn on Saturday, informed sources revealed on Friday evening.

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Reuters:

Saddam hanged in Iraq, U.S. official says
30 Dec 2006 04:10:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds reaction, background) WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging, a senior U.S. official confirmed on Friday. “Yes, he has been …  Full article

INSTANT VIEW-Saddam Hussein
30 Dec 2006 04:05:39 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 30 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was hanged on Saturday for crimes against humanity. Here are reactions to the news: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY MARGARET BECKETT: I welcome the fact that Saddam …  Full article

Saddam hanged in Iraq, U.S. official says
30 Dec 2006 03:55:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging, a senior U.S. official confirmed on Friday. “Yes, he has been executed,” said the …  Full article

PROFILE-Saddam Hussein, rise and fall of a strongman
30 Dec 2006 03:31:25 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ibon Villelabeitia BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein combined a shrewd tactical mind with a taste for violence as he rose from humble beginnings to enjoy three decades of absolute power …  Full article

Iraq: Saddam Hussein Put to Death
30 Dec 2006 03:26:45 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York, December 30, 2006) ? The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein following a deeply flawed trial for crimes against humanity marks a significant step away from respect for human …  Full article

Saddam Hussein hanged, says Al Hurra TV station
30 Dec 2006 03:14:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
(adds details) BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - 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. Arabic …  Full article

CHRONOLOGY-Life and death of Saddam Hussein
30 Dec 2006 03:11:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 30 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was hanged on Saturday for crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shi’ite men and boys in Dujail after a 1982 assassination attempt. Following are key dates …  Full article

Saddam Hussein hanged, says Al Hurra TV station
30 Dec 2006 03:08:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - 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. The former Iraqi president …  Full article

Saddam to hang at dawn - officials
30 Dec 2006 02:52:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
(correcting call to prayer time 5:30 a.m. instead of p.m.) (Adds dawn prayers) By Mariam Karouny BAGHDAD, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein will hang at dawn on Saturday, Iraqi officials told …  Full article

McClatchy

Saddam Hussein, former Iraqi dictator, is put to death - 12/29/2006 10:45 PM EST
By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers
Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who terrorized a nation for nearly a quarter-century until he was deposed and captured by U.S. troops, was hanged at dawn Saturday for ordering the murders of 148 of his countrymen 24 years ago, three Iraqi television networks reported.

Saddam Hussein lived a life of confrontation - 12/29/2006 10:36 PM EST
By Rick Montgomery, McClatchy Newspapers
For all his 69 years, Saddam Hussein defied death. Born to poverty, he endured beatings as a boy. As a young rebel he tried to assassinate an Iraqi leader, was wounded and managed to escape. And as Iraq’s dictator for more than two decades, he made sure his meals were examined, even X-rayed, to avoid being poisoned by any number of enemies who might try.

Saddam received death sentence for decades-old crime - 12/29/2006 10:36 PM EST
McClatchy Newspapers
Saddam Hussein was executed early Saturday on charges that grew out of a harsh crackdown in the town of Dujail, where residents participated in a botched assassination attempt against him in 1982. But his hanging brought to a halt a separate trial in which he was charged with far greater offenses in a 1987-88 assault against Kurds. Other, possibly bigger cases had yet to begin.

Analysts doubt Bush will benefit from Saddam’s execution - 12/29/2006 06:24 PM EST
By William Douglas, McClatchy Newspapers
Hours after U.S. and coalition troops extracted Saddam Hussein from a bunker on the outskirts of Tikrit, President Bush proclaimed that his capture signaled a bright new day for Iraq.

Confusion greets Saddam’s reported handover to Iraqi forces - 12/29/2006 05:02 PM EST
By Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers
As he faced the gallows Friday, Saddam Hussein told his lawyers that he was prepared to die and his supporters in Iraq would view him as a martyr. The former dictator “believes in his destiny,” one of his attorneys said.

AFP

Saddam Hussein executed in Baghdad: Iraqi official

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Ousted dictator Saddam Hussein and two former allies have been hanged as Iraq braced itself nervously for possible reprisals by his remaining supporters, officials said.

“The execution of Saddam Hussein is complete,” state television said in a text headline broadcast against a background of Koranic verses.

“Saddam Hussein was hanged until death ensued. A black page in the history of Iraq has been turned,” it added in a second news flash, as joyful popular music filled the airwaves.

Mariam al-Rayis, an official in the foreign ministry who attended the execution, said in an interview on state television news that the three men were hanged one after the other.

“It was between 5.30am and 6.30am,” she said. “The whole thing was filmed.”

Saddam and his two co-accused — his half brother and intelligence chief Barzan Hassan al-Tikriti and revolutionary court judge Awad Ahmed al-Bandar — were convicted of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court on November 5.

“Saddam was hanged first, then Barzan, then Bandar,” Rayis said. [snip]

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British troops keeping ‘mindful eye’ on possible Saddam backlash

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LONDON (AFP) - The Ministry of Defence said British troops in Iraq would be keeping a “mindful eye” on a possible backlash against them in the wake of Saddam Hussein’s hanging.

Families of fallen servicemen said they feared that the 7,100 troops stationed in the south of Iraq would be targeted following the execution of Saddam, whose 24-year rule was ended by the US-led invasion in March 2003.

The Ministry of Defence said it had not put any specific precautions in place in preparation for action against British soldiers but said security would be monitored.

“We will be keeping a mindful eye on any goings-on in Iraq,” a spokesman said.

Britain, the United States’ staunchest ally in the war in Iraq, has its troops stationed around Iraq’s second city, Basra.

Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in Iraq aged 19, said many relatives of soldiers in Iraq feared an upsurge in violence against coalition troops.

“We are actually pretty frightened that it’s going to cause a lot more trouble and that by executing Saddam we are going to make matters a lot worse,” she said. “Other mothers have been saying they are really worried.

A British soldier died in the city Friday after his armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

His death brought to 127 the number of British troops killed in Iraq since the invasion.

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