Iraq to execute two Saddam aides on Thursday

Most news sources (and blogs) are still reporting the execution date is unknown.

Two former aides of Saddam Hussein will be executed on Thursday, five days after the former dictator was himself hanged in Baghdad, an official at the Iraqi prime minister's office said on Wednesday.

Saddam's half-brother and former head of intelligence, Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, and Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, the former chief judge of revolutionary court, will be put to death at dawn on Thursday, the official said.

"Their documents have been signed and they will be executed Thursday," he told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that they remain for the time being in the custody of "US authorities".

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