Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Friday that the execution sentence against ousted President Saddam Hussein "has entered its executive stages"¦and no one can stop it."
Receiving martyrs' families on Friday, Maliki said: "It's just a matter of time."
The Iraqi premier, in the meeting carried by the official al-Iraqiya TV, said that anyone objecting the execution of Saddam is actually "trivializing the blood of Iraq's martyrs."
The Higher Criminal Court's appeals body, presided by Judge Aref al-Shahin, had upheld on Tuesday the death sentence handed down against Saddam and two of his aides.
Shahin said the ruling "must be enforced in one month as of the date of endorsement."
By By Dergham Mohammed Ali - Voices of Iraq
From Huliq - Earlier two U.S. news organizations say Iraqi authorities might execute ousted leader Saddam Hussein before the start of a religious holiday on Sunday. See the story Saddam Could be Executed by Sunday
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