Iraq PM warns critics of Saddam's hanging

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has threatened to review relations with countries that have criticised the bungled execution of former president Saddam Hussein.

Mr Maliki says the hanging was an internal matter and was conducted for the benefit of Iraq's unity.

A clandestine video showing images of Shiite officials taunting Saddam on the gallows has angered his fellow Sunnis and increased sectarian tension.

Mr Maliki, who rushed through the execution of his former enemy four days after Saddam lost an appeal, has not named any countries.

But his remarks come days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak joined criticism from other Sunni countries to say pictures of the hanging were "revolting and barbaric".