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This week, the Iraqi government arrested three people, it says, are implicated in the creation of a cell phone

video of Saddam Hussein's execution. Meanwhile, millions across the world went online to watch that

grainy footage. It shows guards shouting the name of radical Shiite cleric Mokida al-Sadr. The heckling only added fuel to the sectarian strife plaguing Iraq. So did the timing.

While both Sunni and Shia celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid al-Athah For Shiites, it started Sunday. For Sunnis, it started

Saturday the day Saddam was executed, and Saddam was Sunni. Mark Lynch follows the Arab media,

and he says this apparent sign of disrespect towards the Sunnis is dominating the region's coverage.

And it really turned any possibility

of there actually being a debate about what Saddam Hussein had done to the country or whether

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