Last year, while Saddam was being hanged - to the horror of most Sunnis - Maliki hosted a gala dinner on the occasion of the marriage of his eldest son.

• 更令绝大部分逊尼派人士不快的是，在去年萨达姆被执行绞刑之时，马利基还在为他长子的婚礼举办庆祝晚宴。