Iraqi and U.S. officials feuded over Saddam’s hanging
American opposition to executing him in haste centered partly on the fact that the Id al-Adha religious holiday, marking the end of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, began for Sunnis at sunrise on Saturday. In Baghdad that day, the sun was to rise at 7:06 a.m. Iraqi government officials had promised the hanging would be over before the dawn light began seeping through the palm trees that shade the capital’s streets.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/06/news/web.0107SADDAM.php

More relief than regret
“THE EXECUTION of Saddam, a human-rights monster, turned his unspeakable record upside down.” So we are informed by Richard Dicker of Human Rights Watch, which issued a statement calling the monster’s hanging “a significant step away from respect for human rights and the rule of law in Iraq.”
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/01/03/more_relief_than_regret/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+—+Jeff+Jacoby+columns

Das Gespenst der Wiederkehr
Gegen die Exekution Saddams haben lediglich ein paar Hundert oder Tausend Sunniten protestiert. Die große Protestwelle ist ausgeblieben.
Mit der Exekution Saddams wurde auf der anderen Seite das Gespenst der Wiederkehr des Despoten ein für alle Male vertrieben. Das Ancien Régime ist endgültig vorüber, eine Restauration ausgeschlossen. Das könnte sich als förderlich für eine Stabilisierung der Lage erweisen.
http://blog.zeit.de/kosmoblog/?p=688

Seven Questions: The Sudden Hanging of Saddam Hussein
If you wanted Saddam executed, that’s all you’re going to see from this event. If you didn’t want Saddam executed, you’re going to find all kinds of things to point to, and say, “Why didn’t they do this?” or “Why didn’t they do that?” For me, it’s a happy moment. It’s relief.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3683

And last but not least:
http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-theology.html