Iraqis free to kill Saddam, say Bush, Blair

SADDAM HUSSEIN must await the judgement of the Iraqi people for his crimes against them, US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair made plain tonight — even if that means execution for the way he conducted his brutal regime.

Both Mr Bush and Mr Blair said the former tyrant captured cowering in a dugout should be handed over to the survivors of his rule.

And while Mr Blair made plain Britain would reluctantly go along with the execution of Saddam if an Iraqi court ordered it, Mr Bush hinted his own views were more forthright.