| Saddam Hussein (R) receives the daughter of 
 Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, A'ishah (L), in Baghdad in this October 22, 
 2000 file photo. U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam 
 Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on 
 December 30, 2006. [Reuters] |