Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Huseein was executed by hanging early Saturday morning. His last words, said Sami al-Askari, a political adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, related to the Israeli-Arab struggle in the Middle East. "Before putting the rope around his neck, Saddam shouted 'Allahu Akbar. The nation will be victorious and Palestine is Arab,"' al-Askari was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.