The day is Friday....
Friday is the Muslim sqabbath. They will wait till the first day of the week and that is Saturday 12 29. It is ir nearly is the last day of the Arab month as well. very soon perhaps sundaor or monday the new month begins. That is the Hajj month so I think it means Saddam dies on Saturday.
It ceased to be Friday on the Muslim calendar at sunset. They consider it to be Saturday there right now, even if we don't say it's Saturday there for another couple hours.