no gentelmen's agreement

It is common for when one state takes over and/or occupies another state, the powers afford the former heads of state a sort of 'gentelmen's agreement'. This usually allows the former powers to forgo any awful fall from grace and maintain some semblance of a dignified living.

The US occupational forces in Iraq gave no such luxury to Saddam Hussein.
He was charged with several accounts of crimes against humanity and then promptly tried and convicted of some of them.
He was then executed by hanging.

Now this execution has several oddities about it.
The first that shocked me was simply the absence of any 'gentlemen's agreement.'
Perhaps more important factors are one's coded in ways oblivious to US eyes. The execution took place during the Muslim holiday of Eid al Adha (executions were forbid during Islamic holidays in Iraq). As seen in the amateurish video of the hanging, the execution is carried out by what can only be identified by Iraqis as Shiite militia members (some of which have terrorized Sunni communities). These executioners shout names and slogans that further align them with sectarian Shiite factions.

Now, it appears the execution and video are rallying Iraqi Sunnis further toward Sunni militias.