Saddam Hussein's Half Brother And Fmr. Official Both Hanged....
Associated Press:
Saddam Hussein's half brother and the former head of
Iraq's Revolutionary Court were both hanged before dawn Monday, Prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon said, two weeks and two days after the former Iraqi dictator was executed in a chaotic scene that has drawn worldwide criticism.
Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, had been found guilty along with Saddam in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims after a 1982 assassination attempt on the former leader in the town of Dujail north of Baghdad.
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First Posted: 03/28/08 03:44 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 01:00 PM ET