[h3] Saddam Hussein has been executed. [/h3] At least two Arab-language television networks ([a href="vny!://www.alhurra.com/"]Alhurra[/a], US-based; and [a href="vny!://www.alarabiya.net/"]Al Arabiya[/a], Dubai-based) are now reporting that Saddam Hussein was hanged in Baghdad at 10:05 PM Eastern Time. Reports say he was executed with two co-defendants. [font color="red"]
[/font][/p][font color="red"]Update, 1035PM ET:[/font] Iraqi state television ([a href="vny!://www.iraqimedianet.net/tv/"]Al-Iraqiya[/a]) is now reporting the same, as are other [a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_TV"]Iraqi TV networks[/a] and [a href="vny!://www.aljazeera.net/"]Al Jazeera[/a]. CNN now reports that a senior US military official has confirmed.[/p] [a href="vny!://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/29/hussein/index.html"]Link[/a] to CNN's coverage, Wikinews [a href="vny!://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Unconfirmed_Reports_Say_Saddam_Has_Been_Executed"]here[/a], evolving Wikipedia article [a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution_of_Saddam_Hussein"]here[/a], [em]New York Times[/em] coverage [a href="vny!://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/world/middleeast/30hussein.html?hp&ex=1167454800&en=03459562c8ad1b73&ei=5094&partner=homepage"]here[/a]. [/p] Related: in the [em]New York Times[/em], a report on debate at television networks today over whether and how to broadcast images and video of the execution. In the age of abundant online video, it seems inevitable that explicit footage will soon show up on the internet. How does that -- or should that -- influence editorial decisions at television networks? Will they show greater restraint on-air than online? [a href="vny!://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/business/media/29cnd-netw.html?ex=1325048400&en=16a09b09262e2fb7&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss"]Link[/a]
