Saddam's half brother hanged

By jumana.heresh@aljazeera.net


Saddam Hussein's half brother and the former head of Iraq's revolutionary court are reported to have been hanged.
Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the ex-head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, had been found guilty along with Saddam in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims.
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Munqith al-Faroon, an Iraqi prosecutor, confirmed the deaths to the Associated Press news agency only two weeks and two days after Saddam was executed in chaotic scenes that drew worldwide criticism.

Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, last week urged the government to delay the executions.