Reuters AlertNet - Saddam hanging could have been "more dignified"

I'm not exactly sure what anyone expected with Saddam's execution. The Iraqi's have proven themselves to be somewhat barbaric. These are the people who cut off heads with knives, line up and shoot people in the streets and will protest and kill eachother when a fly lands on the wrong grave 100 miles away. So, what did anyone expect for the execution? I'm surprised they didn't cut off one of his ears first.