Earlier there had been claims that Sadr was in possession of the noose

Earlier there had been claims that Sadr was in possession of the noose. Now, Nir Rosen at the blog ugg

bootsSlogger, points to Al-Jazeera who has a source claiming the entire execution crew had been

replaced by the Mahdi Army and this “pro-Ba’athist” site which claims one of the masked men is Sadr

since his mustache “matches.”

The Turkish site Zaman.com adds:

It has been also alleged that Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was in the room during the execution, and

even that a masked al-Sadr hanged the ousted leader. The Saudi daily Al- Mokhtasar claimed that one of

the masked men who took Saddam to the room of execution was Moqtada al-Sadr. In the news reported by a

witness in the room, he added al-Sadrs father was killed by Saddam Hussein.

Confirming in spades the central theme of today’s “Behind the Headlines” column, newly-installed

Speaker of the House Nancy “It’s All About Me” Pelosi’s speech at the swearing-in reiterated her

ongoing cop-out:

The election of 2006 was a call to change – not merely to change the control of Congress, but for a new

direction for our country. Nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a new

direction than in ugg boots.