Interesting; and perhaps a 'right move' to let him wear the coat as opposed to his wearing prison garb only. . .that and the fact that they allowed his refusal to wear mask. . .seems at least a bone of consideration to this grotesque tyrant's supporters. . .
Does anyone have a credible source for this? I think that it is unlikely that they even offered him a mask. The Iraqi government would not want any doubt about who was hanged...though I would agree that when the U.S. turned him over to the Shia government there really wasn't a lot of doubt he would end up dead soon.