Para pengacara Saddam Hussein dan seorang hakim Iraq yang ditugaskan menghadiri pelaksanaan hukuman gantung mantan diktator Iraq itu mengatakan Saddam akan menjalani hukuman mati-nya paling lambat hari Sabtu.
Dikatakan juga bahwa militer AS yang selama ini mengamankan pemenjaraan Saddam telah menyerahkan sepenuhnya penahanan fisik kepada pemerintah Iraq. -------- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061229/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_061229142347 Judge: Saddam to be executed by Saturday 27 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein has been transferred from U.S. custody, his lawyers said, and an Iraqi judge authorized to attend the former dictator's hanging said he would be executed no later than Saturday. The physical hand-over of Saddam to Iraqi authorities was believed to be one of the last steps before he was to be hanged, although the lawyers' statement did not specifically say Saddam was in Iraqi hands. "A few minutes ago we received correspondence from the Americans saying that President Saddam Hussein is no longer under the control of U.S. forces," according to the statement faxed to The Associated Press. "Saddam will be executed today or tomorrow," said Munir Haddad, a judge on the appeals court that upheld Saddam's death sentence. "All the measures have been done." Haddad is authorized to attend the execution on behalf of the judiciary. "I am ready to attend and there is no reason for delays," Haddad said. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
