Iraq to launch investigation into clandestine execution video

Iraq to launch investigation into clandestine execution video
The Iraqi government has announced it will launch an investigation into the guards who taunted and filmed Saddam Hussein during his execution. The authorities say the video has turned his execution into a TV show which will only serve to increase sectarian violence in Iraq. The clandestine recording, which was made with a mobile phone, was posted on the internet this weekend. While Saddam Hussein was standing on the trapdoor with the noose being fastened around his neck, guards insulted him and told him he was going to hell. The Iraqi government is especially eager to find out how someone managed to smuggle in a mobile phone while this was specifically forbidden. (Radio Netherlands, January 02, 2007)

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