New video of Saddam's corpse may reveal abuse

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The second clandestine video from Saddam Hussein's execution appeared on the Internet Tuesday, showing the deposed Iraqi leader's corpse, with a gaping neck wound, after his hanging.

The video appeared to have been taken with a camera phone, like the graphic video of the hanging which showed guards taunting Saddam in the final moments of his life.

The footage pans up the shrouded body of the former leader from the feet. It apparently was taken shortly after Saddam was executed and placed on a gurney. He was hanged shortly before dawn on Dec. 30.

The video reveals that his head is unnaturally twisted at a 90 degree angle to his right. It shows a gaping bloody wound, circular in shape, about an inch below his jaw line on the left side of his neck. His left cheek is marked with red blotches, and there is blood on the shroud where it covered his head.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070109/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_saddam_video

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1. What abuse?

Are you talking about the disrespect for the corpse? A neck wound as described would be consistent with a hanging and not unusual.