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Saddam Hussein’s half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be transferred to Iraqi custody.

The White House was preparing for Saddam’s execution as early as this weekend, based on information that US officials in Baghdad were receiving from the Iraqi government, a senior administration official said in Washington.

US and Iraqi authorities have said he will be handed over to Iraqi officials prior to his execution, but Ibrahim said Friday that the transfer had yet to occur.

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