Sanandaj, Kurdestan Prov, Dec 30 -- Kurdish-language satellite televisions Saturday broadcast the Iraqi Kurds\' jubilation over the execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein.

Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn Saturday for crimes against humanity -- an end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before he was toppled in 2003.

The channels extended their congratulations on Saddam\'s death in live interviews with the Kurds in Iraq.

The Television stations showed footage of Saddam being led to the gallows and a noose being placed around his neck.

The noose was put around his neck by two hooded hangmen but the footage did not show the actual moment of the hanging or pictures of his body.

The crawl on their live programs reported the celebration among Iraqi Kurds for the execution of Saddam.