IRAQ: QAEDA CHIEF NAMED SADDAM HUSSEIN TO HANG

A local Al-Qaeda leader – named Saddam Hussein – was sentenced to hang by a court in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala in southern Iraq, an official said.
"The criminal court of Karbala sentenced Saddam Hussein, the Al-Qaeda leader of (the village of) Khanafsa to death by hanging," said Mohammed Hamid al-Moussawi, chairman of Karbala's provincial council.
"Saddam Hussein was convicted of attacks on pilgrims with car bombs and bombs," he said. He was arrested in mid-April in Khanafsa, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of Karbala.
Hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims visit Karbala several times a year, notably for mourning ceremonies during the Shiite holy day of Ashura. Attacks by Sunni insurgents against the Shiite pilgrims are common.