Official held in Saddam hanging video

The person believed to have recorded Saddam Hussein's raucous execution on a cameraphone was arrested Wednesday, reports the Associated Press.

"The adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not identify the person. But he said it was "an official who supervised the execution" and who is "now under investigation."

"In the past few hours,the government has arrested the person who made the video of Saddam's execution," the adviser said.

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-- Iraq PM orders probe into Saddam cameraphone video

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