Sunday, January 14, 2007

Saddam's half brother, Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, once head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, Both HANGED

CNN Cable News is reporting...
Saddam's half brother, Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, once head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court were both HANGED before dawn... Monday morning Baghdad, Iraq time...
This report has been confirmed as true.

SKYNews.com is reporting... Prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon has now been quoted as saying that the two have been put to death. He said..."The government called us before dawn and told us to send someone. I sent a judge to witness the execution and it happened."
Read the rest of the story HERE

Update: Monday, January 15, 2007
Despite the Iraqi Governments efforts to avoid the uproar that marred the execution of Saddam Hussein... news that the noose ripped the head off of Saddam's half-brother as he plunged from the gallows has appalled critics and fueled fury among Saddam's fellow Sunni Arabs and others. Yet... many Iraqis celebrated the latest hangings in the streets...
Read this story in full at BBCNews.co.uk
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I’ll reluctantly put up photos and videos IF they come out.
AubreyJ.........
10:45pm Sunday

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