US may release ‘shocking’ corpse photos

THE US may have to release graphic photos of the bullet-ridden corpses of Saddam Hussein’s sons to convince sceptical Iraqis that they are dead, Bush administration officials said last night.

US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said the Pentagon was considering making public the “shocking” headshots of the men taken after they were killed in a fierce gun battle in northern Iraq yesterday.

Releasing the images was directly connected to the security of US forces as it would help convince doubtful Iraqis that Saddam’s regime was history, he said.