Hang On

Let's start the year with, well, some significant footage. Of death. New footage of Saddam Hussein's final moments reveals the former Iraqi president exchanged taunts and insults with witnesses at his execution. The grainy images are believed to have been filmed on a mobile phone. Unlike on the silent, official film showing a subdued Saddam Hussein, the execution is a charged, angry scene. In it people chant the name of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and tell Saddam Hussein to "go to hell", while the former leader mocks their bravery. The more interesting version, seemingly secretly taken from mobile phone camera, which also shows the moment that the gallows trapdoor opens, sending Saddam Hussein to his death. Saddam Hussein Hanging (The Uncut Version) In retrospect, the official version, released from the authorities.. Saddam Hussein Hanging (The Official Version) Clearly, Saddam impressively demonstrated demeanours that outrightly denied all possible kicks of seeing him roll into a ball before the hangman.