Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti video of hanging shows "severed head"

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Reporters were shown a video of the hanging of Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti.  The video supposedly includes gory shots of his severed head lying away from his body...
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The video shows Barzan Ibrahim, Saddam's half brother and former intelligence chief, and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, head of Iraq's Revolutionary Court, being hanged side by side.

They wore red prison jumpsuits. As they reached the gallows black hoods were put on their heads.

Five masked men surrounded them.

After the trap doors opened, al-Bandar could be seen dangling from the rope. Ibrahim's body was lying on the floor, chest down, his severed head yards away.

The execution was conducted on the same gallows where Saddam was hanged on December 30.

In confirming the executions, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the head of one of the accused, Barzan Ibrahim, had been severed during the hanging in what he called "a rare incident".
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Critics and human rights advocates are widely condemning the execution and video...