The Saddam video

[Booldawg]

Is being dubbed as a 'secret filming' If this is the case then I presume it is unlawful to film such events? If so, then surely wouldnt they search 'observers' for such items as mobile phones etc? It doesnt make sense.

[fairkatrina]

It is being called a 'secret' filming, not because they are being secretive about doing it, but because the actual film will be kept privately, and not released to the general public (which is odd because I've seen most of it in stills in the Daily Mail). Lawfully they can film his execution, and have done so, firstly to prove that he is dead, and secondly for 'historic' purposes (so your grandkids can watch it in school). And I doubt any Iraqui observers had video phones handy.

[jno]

there seem to have been two films, an official one stopping short when he has the noose put round his neck, and another one apparently filmed on a mobile or something similar, showing him dropping through the trapdoor and later showing glimpses of his body by flashlight - which suggests there's at least someone else in there with some sort of camera too, flashing away. Doesn't look like they searched anyone. Sounds like they were all Shias eager to make their own record of his death.