Official Arrested Over Saddam Execution Video
An adviser to Prime Minister al-Maliki says an official who supervised Saddam Hussein’s hanging was arrested for filming the event on a cell phone. U.S. officials say the execution would have been handled differently if the U.S. were in charge and note the video circulated widely online and on Al Jazeera.
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Associated Press
Baghdad
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
U.S
United States
Nouri al-Maliki
Saddam
Al-Jazeera Television
Government of
William Caldwell
Caldwell
al- Faroon
al Jazeera
New York Times
al-Faroon
Hussein
Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Maliki
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al-Maliki
Najaf
Muqtada
Muqtada al-Sadr
Mahdi Army
Al-Sadr
Civilian death toll in Iraq tops 12,000 in 2006 violence
Iraqi government reports 12,357 civilian deaths and 1,539 security forces deaths in 2006, with total deaths from Health, Defense and Interior ministries reaching 13,896. UNAMI and other groups offer higher counts, while sectarian violence and militia activity rise.
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Associated Press
Baghdad
Iraq
Ministries of Health, Defense and Interior
United Nations
U.S
U.N. Assistance Ministry
UNAMI
Ministry of Health
Medico-Legal Institute
U.N
Ali al-Dabbagh
Nouri al-Maliki
Al-Maliki
Mahdi Army
Muqtada al-Sadr
Gianni Magazzeni
Samarra
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