 A top Iraqi official said Friday Saddam Hussein will be executed between 5:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday, an Iraqi television reported. The television Freedom Iraq quoted an Iraqi official as saying that the former president would be hanged at dawn Saturday between 5:30 a.m.(0230GMT) to 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Earlier, Al-Jazeera English TV channel reported that Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) Saturday. A top Iraqi government official was quoted by the TV channel as saying that Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, local time (0300 GMT). The time was agreed upon during an emergency cabinet meeting between U.S. and Iraqi officials, according to the official, who said on condition of anonymity. |