Saddam Hussein (R) receives the daughter of
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, A'ishah (L), in Baghdad in this October 22,
2000 file photo. U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam
Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on
December 30, 2006. [Reuters] |