Posted on 01/08/2007 2:00:19 PM PST by stm
These lawyers must have been schooled in the US. How very F. Lee Bailey of them.
Oops, my bad. Thanks.
New Saddam vid on internet
By ONLINE REPORTER
January 09, 2007
A NEW video showing former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein after his execution has appeared on the internet.
In it Saddam Hussein's body can be seen lying on a hospital trolley with a gaping neck wound.
The footage appears to have been filmed on a mobile phone like earlier unofficial video of Saddam’s execution.
The tyrant’s body is seen lying on a trolley as several people walk past.
The person carrying the camera then lifts the sheet to reveal Saddam Hussein's head.
It is twisted at an angle of 90 degrees to his shoulders.
On his throat is circular wound about three centimetres wide - injuries which could have been caused by hanging.
Several voices, apparently those of the people making the video, can be heard during the 27-second clip.
The footage first surfaced on an Arabic website known to support Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party, under a headline reading "A new film of the late immortal martyr, President Saddam Hussein".
Although the injuries visible on Saddam Hussein's body are consistent with hanging, the video is likely to further fuel anger over the handling of the execution.
There was outrage among Iraq's Sunni community after an earlier unofficial video emerged which showed Saddam Hussein being taunted on the gallows by his Shia executioners right up until the moment of death.
There was similar revulsion around the world, with many leaders condemning the way in which the sentence was carried out.
The secret video was in stark contrast to the silent official video released within hours of the execution which painted a picture of a relative calm and dignity in Saddam Hussein's final moments.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007010350,00.html
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