BBC: Saddam aides 'to die this week'

The Iraqi government has said that the executions of two senior associates
of former leader Saddam Hussein, will take place some time during the week.

This is despite an appeal from the new UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon,
that they should not go ahead.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said the execution orders for Barzan
al-Tikriti and Awad al-Bandar had been signed, and there was no way back.

Saddam Hussein's execution has led to a chorus of international criticism.

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