How One Mobile Phone Made Saddam's Hanging a Very Public Execution
From the Times Online-January 1, 2007:
The final image of Saddam Hussein was on jerky unedited footage filmed by an anonymous onlooker standing at the foot of the steps beneath the gallows. The video showed the noose around his neck as he recited the shahada, or last testimony. Before he could finish, he dropped through the floor to the sound of the trapdoor crashing open. After a few seconds of confusion the footage ended with a close-up of the dictator’s twisted head.
None of the images was part of the “official” footage filmed from the top of the gallows, which was aired on Iraqi state television and beamed around the world. In Iraq the other footage, which was filmed on a mobile phone, was being swapped on handsets for 20p and soon spread around the world on the internet.
The article is by Ali Hamdani and Ned Parker. Ned Parker is the Baghdad correspondent for the times and has a blog he updates frequently.
PLEASE NOTE: The video can be disturbing and may not be appropriate for many audiences. It can be viewed on YouTube.
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