Allawi execution

It's been denied quite strenuously, but the news is starting to spread. I suspect we'll hear a lot more about this story over the next few days, even if it is to debunk it entirely. It's something well worth keeping an eye on, though - should the allegations prove to be true, it demonstrates that the hand on the tiller of Iraq may not be Saddam's any more, but you'd be hard pressed to tell that from the direction that country is going.