Hanging of Saddam's aides filmed

[Nickie]

Iraqi officials show a video of the hanging of two of Saddam Hussein's aides, during which one was decapitated.

More... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/6263787.stm)

[Abigail]

That's awful. I can't imagine what it would have been like to witness that or even see the video. I saw the video of Saddam's execution on Sky news and I know that will stay with me forever.
I wonder why or how his head came to be severed. It would have had to cut through a fair bit of....