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Two Saddam Aides Hanged; Iraq's New Security Plan

In Iraq today, the government says that all legal requirements were adhered to in what was another grisly execution. But the head of Saddam Hussein's half-brother was accidentally severed from his body when he was hanged for the same crimes as Saddam.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

In Iraq today, the government says that all legal requirements were adhered to in what was another grisly execution. But the head of Saddam Hussein's half-brother was accidentally severed from his body when he was hanged for the same crimes as Saddam. Meantime, Iraq's Sunni minority is angry over the President's increase of American troops, as Borzou Daragahi reports in the Los Angeles Times.

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