Iraqis ride through the streets of the Baghdad suburb Sadr City with an effigy of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein hanging from a rope, in celebration of his execution early yesterday morning. But as Iraq awoke to the news of their former leader's hanging, the country braced itself for possible reprisals by his remaining supporters. (AFP photo)
THE world’s political and religious leaders were divided over whether Saddam Hussein’s exe-cution yesterday would serve as a milestone toward peace—or motivation for further conflict in the Middle East.
In Washington, US President George W. Bush said Saddam was executed “after receiving a fair trial—the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.”
