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What was role of al-Sadr in Saddam execution?

January 8th, 2007

Nir Rosen reports claims in the Arabic press that Saddam’s execution was attended by, or even conducted by the Mahdi Army or even by Muqtada al Sadr himself:

Al Jazeera has claimed that an Iraqi official who did not want to be identified has told it that an Iraqi militia (presumably Muqtada al Sadr’s Mahdi Army) replaced all the security officials responsible for executing Saddam with its own militiamen. Meanwhile the Sunni pro-Baathist website Iraqi Rabita has claimed that one of the masked men who put the noose around Saddam’s neck was in fact Muqtada al Sadr. The website posted photos from the execution film and pointed to the man they suspected was Muqtada. They compared the masked man’s facial hair (what was visible) and his ring, with those of Muqtada. They claimed this was why the onlookers were chanting for Muqtada.

Entry Filed under: Iraq, Law, War Crimes