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RT Monitoring Desk
LONDON: The body of Saddam Hussein was stabbed half a dozen
times after he was executed, the head guard of the former
Iraqi dictator’s tomb has told a UK newspaper.
The allegation fly in the face of the official version of
events, with the Iraqi government claiming that no mutilation
took place after Saddam was hanged for crimes against humanity.
Saddam’s execution on Dec. 30, 2006 sparked international
outrage when it emerged the dictator was taunted by guards
as the noose was put around his neck. The latest allegation
could cause similar anger. “There were six stab wounds
on his body,” Talal Misrab was quoted as saying by the
newspaper. Misrab, 45, said around 300 others saw the injuries
when the body was buried.
Saddam’s tomb lies in a small village called Al-Awja
north of the capital Baghdad where he grew up as a child.
Iraq’s security advisor Mowaffak Al-Rubaie denied the
allegation. “I oversaw the whole process from A-Z and
Saddam Hussein’s body was not stabbed or mutilated and
he was not humiliated before execution,” Al-Rubaie was
quoted as saying. |
