Saddam hussein execution and internet search surge

Yahoo is reporting that execution of saddam has created a surge in Yahoo search. Searches on Hussein were up 1,349% and the term has become the most-searched on Yahoo. Other popular searches were “iraq news”, “iraqi tv”, “iraq hanging video”, “pictures of saddam hanging”, “saddam execution footage” and “saddam execution live”

Following diagram shows the surge in searches on Yahoo.