The former official in charge of Baghdad prisons, Nazem al-Malki, told Rodeo, "The American side detained officials from the previous regime and interrogated them before handing them over to Iraqi forces, while Saddam Hussein remained in custody and was not handed over until the day of his death sentence."

The former official in charge of Baghdad prisons, Nazem al-Malki, told Rodeo, "The American side detained officials from the previous regime and interrogated them before handing them over to Iraqi forces, while Saddam Hussein remained in custody and was not handed over until the day of his death sentence."