OK, maybe I wasn't clear. I said that our President would have VERIFIED that he was executed before releasing a statement. Obviously that would include some form of independent evidence, such as US government witnesses or photographic evidence.
I am totally confident that it happened because of this. Yes, the Iraqi government is sometimes unreliable, but at the same time, our government wouldn't be treating it as fact if it was just based on only the word of the Iraqi government.
Good for you. I will not believe this until I see proof.