BBC: Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki has criticised US forces for failing to hand over for execution three former prominent figures in Saddam Hussein's regime.
The three, including Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali", were condemned to death for the campaign against the Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s.
There has been division in the Iraqi leadership over the executions and the US says it is waiting for consensus.
There is suspicion the US does not want ex-defence chief Sultan Hashim to hang. US 'stalling' on Iraq executions (more) By Jim Muir
NZZ:
USA verweigern Übergabe von «Chemie-Ali»: Unterschiedliche Auffassungen über rechtliche Verfahrensweise
Mark Alexander
