Timing of Saddam execution risks Arab backlash: analysts (AFP)

A Moroccan protester holds up a poster reading: " Iraq, the hell for invaders" during a demonstration in Rabat against the execution of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Today's execution of Saddam Hussein drew mixed reactions across the Middle East, with some saying he got what he deserved and others hailing him as a martyr.(AFP/Abdelhak Senna)AFP – Images of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein being led to the gallows on one of Islam’s most important feast days risk further alienating public opinion in an Arab world already bristling at perceived Western insensitivity, analysts have warned.