New video of Saddam's corpse
A new video of Saddam Hussein’s corpse, with a gaping neck wound, has been posted on the internet.
The video, which appeared to have been taken with a camera phone, pans up the shrouded body of the former leader from the feet. It was apparently taken shortly after the former Iraqi dictator was hanged and placed on a trolley.
As the panning shot reaches the head region, the white shroud is pulled back and reveals Saddam’s head and neck.
His head is unnaturally twisted at a 90-degree angle to his right. It shows a gaping, bloody wound, circular in shape, about an inch below his jaw line. There is blood on the shroud where it had covered his head.
The 27-second video was posted last night on an Iraqi news website that is known to support Saddam’s outlawed Baath Party.
“A new film of the late immortal martyr, President Saddam Hussein,” the website said in a headline over a link to the video.
Saddam was hanged shortly before dawn on December 30.
It was the second controversial video to be leaked. The first showed Saddam being taunted in his final moments before he was seen dropping through the gallows floor as he offered prayers. It ended with his body swinging at the end of a rope
