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Reports Saddam executed by militia

January 4th, 2007

A New Zealand paper is reporting that Saddam was actually executed by militias, as it appeared, and not by government staff:

Another Iraqi official says the hanging was supposed to be carried out by hangmen employed by the Interior Ministry, but that militias infiltrated the executioners’ team

A Kuwaiti source reports that the noose is in the hands of Muqtada Al-Sadr. Perhaps not surprisingly, a Kuwaiti businessman is attempting to buy it from al-Sadr as a souvenir.

The Bush administration concluded another one of their magnificent “own goals” in staging the execution. At this rate, the Iraqi ball will be in California before Bush notices. Of course, the ever-escalating catastrophe that is Iraq means that the Iraqis can’t be so oblivious.

[Thanks to Juan Cole for this.]

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