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Iraq denies Saddam humiliated before execution
(AFP)

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“Where was the humiliation? The shouting of the crowd?” Iraq’s National Security Advisor Mowaffaq Al Rubaie asked during an interview on CNN.

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One of those present at the execution could be heard shouting ”Moqtada! Moqtada! Moqtada!” at a sneering Saddam, inspiring some observers to compare the execution to a sectarian lynching.

“Basically they were doing their congregational prayers and supplications, and they mentioned at the end of their supplication the name of Moqtada,” Rubaie said.

“And (Saddam) replied to them. I can’t see where is the humiliation, to be quite honest. Moqtada, Moqtada, Moqtada is not a dirty word, not an obscene word, they were not cursing,” he said.

“I know it is not legal — it is not right and it’s wrong — but this is their belief,” said Rubaie.