Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's co-defendants - his half brother and the former head of Iraq's revolutionary court were both hanged today, just two weeks after Saddam's execution. Saddam's half brother Barzan Ibrahim, was the former intelligence chief. The other - Awad Hamed al-Bandar headed Iraq's Revolutionary Court. Both, along with Saddam, were found guilty in the killing of 148 Shiite Muslims, prompted by the 1982 assassination attempt on the former dictator. The execution of the two, who were initially to be hanged along with Saddam, had been delayed by Iraqi authorities after there was a huge outcry over the manner in which Saddam's execution took place.
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