Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein

IRAQ. HANGING WILL BE SADDAM'S DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED – PROSECUTOR

July 31, 2006: if the death penalty against Hussein was executed, it would be hanging until death and not by a shooting squad, said Jaafar Al-Mosawi, chief prosecutor of the trial of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
"It is a civil court not a military one," said Al-Mousawi, eliminating any legal exceptions due to the issue of age.
He added that in case a final verdict, the execution can be activated within 30 days.
Al-Mousawi said the next court session will be in mid-October to review the case's documents. He predicted that the last court session would be on October 26th, 2006.
Saddam Hussein had asked the court judge in the previous hearing for an execution by a fire squad and not by hanging, based on claims that he was a "military man" and should die in a military way. (Sources: KUNA, 31/07/2006)