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bismi-lLahi-rRahmani-rRahiem In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful === News Update === New video of Saddam's corpse on Internet By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer Tue Jan 9, 5:53 AM ET <http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070107/photos_wl_me_afp/4338b8cc7d619ffa387d1461888a953d&g=events/wl/052205saddamphotos> Protestors demonstrate against the bungled execution of Saddam <http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070107/photos_wl_me_afp/4338b8cc7d619ffa387d1461888a953d&g=events/wl/052205saddamphotos>AFP Photo: Protestors demonstrate against the bungled execution of Saddam Hussein outside the Al-Askari mosque in the... BAGHDAD, Iraq - The second clandestine video from <http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Saddam+Hussein>Saddam Hussein's execution appeared on the Internet Tuesday, showing the deposed Iraqi leader's corpse, with a gaping neck wound, after his hanging. The video appeared to have been taken with a camera phone, like the graphic video of the hanging which showed guards taunting Saddam in the final moments of his life. The footage pans up the shrouded body of the former leader from the feet. It apparently was taken shortly after Saddam was executed and placed on a gurney. He was hanged shortly before dawn on Dec. 30. As the panning shot reaches the head region, the white shroud is pulled back and reveals Saddam's head and neck. His head is unnaturally twisted at a 90 degree angle to his right. It shows a gaping bloody wound, circular in shape, about an inch below his jaw line on the left side of his neck. His left cheek is marked with red blotches, and there is blood on the shroud where it covered his head. The newest video leak was likely to increase the angry reaction over the way the execution was carried out. There already has been a global outcry about the undignified manner in which the Shiite-dominated government hanged Saddam, a Sunni. The 27-second video was posted on an Iraqi news Web site that is known to support Saddam's outlawed Baath Party. "A new film of the late immortal martyr, President Saddam Hussein," the web site said in a headline over a link to the video. Voices could be heard on the video. As the shroud is pulled back, one voice says, "Hurry up, hurry up. I'm going to count from one to four. One, two ... . Hurry up you're going to get us into a catastrophe." Then another voice, apparently the man taking the pictures, says, "Just one second, just one second, Abu Ali. I'm about finished." Then a third voice says, "Abu Ali, you take care of this." It was the second clandestine video to have leaked, the first showing Saddam being taunted in his final moments. That clandestine video showed the former leader dropping through the gallows floor as he offered chanted prayers. It ends with his dead body swinging at the end of a rope. The hanging video was in sharp contrast with an official video that was broadcast not long after Saddam's execution which showed him standing silently on the gallows as the noose was put around his neck. The official video was muted. The leaked hanging video, however, was shot from the floor of the gallows chamber, looking up at Saddam. Voices could be heard taunting him with cries of "Muqtada, Muqtada, Muqtada," referring to radical anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia and a key support of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The prime minister pushed for Saddam to be executed before the end of 2006 and just four days after the death sentence was upheld by the appeals court. U.S. official sought to delay the execution. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_saddam_video === Fresh Saddam pictures 'released' Last Modified: 9 Jan 2007 Source: ITN More images allegedly showing Saddam Hussein's body in the immediate aftermath of his execution have been posted on the Internet The new video reportedly shows the former Iraqi dictator with a gaping neck wound. Meanwhile, a man alleged to have shouted sectarian abuse at Saddam moments before he was hanged last month has been referred to the Iraqi judicial authorities. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said it was now up to the courts to deal with the man. The new 27-second video was posted on an Iraqi news website that is known to support Saddam's outlawed Ba'ath Party. "A new film of the late immortal martyr, President Saddam Hussein," the video link said. Voices could be heard on the video. As the shroud is pulled back, one voice says, "Hurry up, hurry up. I'm going to count from one to four. One, two ... . Hurry up you're going to get us into a catastrophe." Then another voice, apparently the man taking the pictures, says, "just one second, just one second, Abu Ali. I'm about finished." The release of yet more images of Saddam's final moments is likely to intensify outrage at the manner in which his execution was carried out. © Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. source: http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=7782428 === -muslim voice- ______________________________________ BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
