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Tue Jan-02-07 08:53 AM
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Saddam's execution unlikely to hurt reconciliation


these iraqi officials must be smoking something real strong-like the WH_they are creating their own reality.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-01-01-sadd...

Saddam's execution unlikely to hurt reconciliation
Updated 1/2/2007 8:44 AM ET

By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
BAGHDAD — The hasty execution of Saddam Hussein, which some Iraqis criticized for its sectarian overtones, will not hurt ongoing efforts to bridge ethnic rivalries and win backing for Iraq's fledgling government, political leaders said Monday.

Videos of the execution angered some Iraqis because guards were heard shouting Shiite slogans as Saddam was about to be hanged. Saddam was a Sunni Muslim.

VIDEO: Saddam buried near hometown | Hussein's last words (note: graphic content)

"This government is on its way out," said Falah Hussein al-Ubeidi, 32, a Shiite government worker. "They have lost a lot among their voters. I now regret ever voting for those monsters."

Iraqi political leaders say the handling of Saturday's execution will not hurt reconciliation efforts aimed at getting Iraq's factions together to help curb violence and steer some militant groups into the political process...........



The execution was widely viewed in the form of a government-released video and another clip taken by someone in the chamber with a cellphone.