"This is Saddam," says adviser.

"The release of the footage was "a mistake. It was not something proper or acceptable," [Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political adviser, Sadiq al-]Rikabi said. "This execution was not an open event, to have been seen by the people all over the world. This is an implementation of justice, and we needed just a small piece about the execution, just to show the people this is Saddam," he said."

source
The Washington Post. Guard at Hanging Blamed for Covert Video of Hussein. January 4, 2007.

related posting
Saddam dead (apparently). December 31, 2006.

posted: friday, january 5, 2007, 3:17 AM ET

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