Reply #7: I'm not so sure. They claimed they handed him over to Iraqi control.

[StrictlyRockers]

I didn't follow the show that closely. So I could be wrong about details.

It seemed like they wanted to keep US involvement at some distance from the actual execution. I also heard a conflicting report that they had decided at the last minute to maintain control over Mr. Hussein until the end. So, I am not sure who had control and how much control US or Iraqi forces had over the site and the execution.

I'm also not certain, even if it was a US base, that they would know everything going on there once (if) he was handed over. Could they be sure that the Iraqi "security forces" had not been infiltrated? Also, it is harder to maintain distance from responsibility for executing a head of state if they carried it out on a US base.

Everyone in the short bit of the video I watched had ski-masks on. I could not tell if they were American or Iraqi.

I agree with your sentiment that the story stretches credulity, for me at least. I find it interesting that everyone wants to point fingers, pass the buck and say "not me" now.

SR