The Iraqi government is coming under increasing criticism following the execution of two former aides of Saddam Hussein. Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar were hanged on Monday. Barzan, who was Hussein’s half-brother, was decapitated by the noose. Iraqi officials said the beheading occurred accidentally because officials made a mistake when they calculated how high the drop had to be in order to snap the prisoner’s neck.