KARACHI, Dec 30: MQM leader Altaf Hussain has described Saddam Hussein's hanging as disappointing. In a statement from London he said that the execution of the former Iraqi president on the day of Eidul Azha had hurt the sentiments of Muslims.

He pointed out that since the situation in Iraq had become an international issue, Saddam Hussain should have been tried in the International Court of Justice.

The MQM leader recalled that all international human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and US Human Rights Watch, and even the Vatican had opposed the hanging.

Mr Hussain deplored that tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis had been killed or wounded during the last three years.