BBC Report-can anyone else see an a bit of a play on words?

The US and UK also expressed concern about the conduct of the executions.

Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar were hanged for crimes against humanity - Barzan was decapitated by the noose, but officials said it was an accident. A half-brother of Saddam Hussein, Barzan was Iraq's former intelligence chief and al-Bandar was the former head of the Revolutionary Court.

Posted By: lovely old job, Jan 16, 10:39:54