Saddam Hussain's two co-defendants, former judge Awad Hamed Al Bander and his half-brother Barzan Ebrahim Al Tikriti, were executed on Monday morning for the massacre of 148 people in Dujail in the 1980s.Iraqis react to the executions:."This is the least [Barzan Ebrahim Al Tikriti] should get. He should have been handed over to the people. Execution is a blessing for him." Moussa Jabor "It's bad timing; the country will surge into anarchy."Mohammed, ethnic KurdBaghdad"We consider this a day of justice."KhadhemMohammad Sadr City"There is no way a head would be ripped off the body during a hanging. I'm sure they mutilated the bodies after they hanged them."Ahmad MustafaMosulThe convicts were not subjected to any mistreatment. Their rights were not violated. There was no chanting."Ali Al Dabbagh, government spokesman Baghdad"People are resentful for the way that Barzan has been executed, the tearing of his head from his body."Abdullah Al Jubara, deputy governorSalahaddin"The court is illegal, it's a toy in the hands of the Americans and ."Firas Abdullah, civil servantMosul ."They deserved to be hanged. Justice has taken its course."Issam AbdullahSafwan ."What they've done incites people to sectarianism even more. Whether they were executed or not, what's the use of it?" Ali Abbas RidhaMosul"They should have been put in a cage and handed over to the Iraqis."Ali Jassim Sadr City
Saddam Hussain's two co-defendants, former judge Awad Hamed Al Bander and his half-brother Barzan Ebrahim Al Tikriti, were executed on Monday morning for the massacre of 148 people in Dujail in the 1980s.Iraqis react to the executions:."This is the least [Barzan Ebrahim Al Tikriti] should get. He should have been handed over to the people. Execution is a blessing for him." Moussa Jabor "It's bad timing; the country will surge into anarchy."Mohammed, ethnic KurdBaghdad"We consider this a day of justice."KhadhemMohammad Sadr City"There is no way a head would be ripped off the body during a hanging. I'm sure they mutilated the bodies after they hanged them."Ahmad MustafaMosulThe convicts were not subjected to any mistreatment. Their rights were not violated. There was no chanting."Ali Al Dabbagh, government spokesman Baghdad"People are resentful for the way that Barzan has been executed, the tearing of his head from his body."Abdullah Al Jubara, deputy governorSalahaddin"The court is illegal, it's a toy in the hands of the Americans and ."Firas Abdullah, civil servantMosul ."They deserved to be hanged. Justice has taken its course."Issam AbdullahSafwan ."What they've done incites people to sectarianism even more. Whether they were executed or not, what's the use of it?" Ali Abbas RidhaMosul"They should have been put in a cage and handed over to the Iraqis."Ali Jassim Sadr City