Iraqi television footage shows execution of Saddam Hussein

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The man's neck and part of the shroud appear to have bloodstains.

The video also shows Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signing Saddam's death warrant.

The execution came 56 days after a court convicted Saddam and sentenced him to death for crimes against humanity. This, for his role in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims from a town where assassins tried to kill the dictator in 1982.

Saddam's appeal was rejected by Iraq's highest court on Tuesday.

Editor:Du Xiaodan