
Saddam Hussein and two top aides convicted with him will be executed immediately after an appeals court confirms their sentences and may be buried in secret, an official said today.
A senior Iraqi government official said he fully expected the judicial panel studying the ousted dictator8217;s appeal to confirm death sentences on Saddam, his half brother Barzan al-Tikriti and a former judge, Awad Al-Bandar.
8220;We are considering the possibility of executing the three, Saddam, Barzan and Bandar at one time on the same day,8221; said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
8220;We may bury Saddam at a secret location,8221; he said. 8220;His body may later be handed over to his relatives, as under Muslim rituals we can exhume the body after it is buried. But one thing the government will ensure is that there is no memorial built for Saddam anywhere in Iraq.8221;