NBC Iraq blog: Shiite militiamen intimidated our crews trying to cover the Saddam execution video

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http://onthescene.msnbc.com/baghdad/2007/01/an_iconic_momen.html#posts

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'Nothing to do' with it
Al-Sadr's militia blew it… and knows it.

The Mahdi Army acts and then denies. On Tuesday, one of their representatives told us the group had "nothing to do" with the guard who shouted al-Sadr’s name during the execution. And they are covering it up in other ways.

Twice yesterday Shiite militiamen intimidated our crews trying to cover this story. At one point, gunmen demanded that our crew handover an interview with a young man who was proudly distributing the video to his friends on his cell phone.

Militia justice now rules much of the Iraqi streets, and some now claim, militia justice influenced Saddam's execution.