In Iraq, the Iraqi government has arrested a guard accused of filming Saddam Hussein’s execution. A widely circulated video shows guards and witnesses taunting Hussein just minutes before his death. At the White House, Press Secretary Tony Snow dismissed calls to join international condemnation of Saddam Hussein’s execution.

Tony Snow: “The government is investigating the conduct of some people within the chamber, and I think we’ll leave it at that. But the one thing you got to keep in mind is that you got justice. This is a man who killed hundreds of thousands and was executed for it according to the laws of the country, and in accordance with legal traditions that have made international scrutiny.”

Hussein was executed Saturday for ordering the killing of more than 100 villagers in the town of Dujail in 1982. Critics say the Bush administration helped encourage the rush to execute Hussein without trying him for his worst atrocities committed with U.S. support.