The ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will be executed before 6 am
(0300 GMT) Saturday, Al-Jazeera English TV channel reported Friday.
A top Iraqi government official was quoted by the TV channel assaying that
Saddam would be executed before 6 a.m. Saturday, local time (0300 GMT).
The time was agreed upon during an emergency cabinet meeting between U.S. and
Iraqi officials, according to the official, who said on condition of anonymity.
On Tuesday, the Iraqi appeals court announced that the court had upheld the
death sentence for Saddam and he would be executed within 30
days.
