The rope used to execute Saddam Hussein is up for auction

Individuals from Israel, Iran, and Kuwait are in a morbid bidding war over a segment of the hanging noose used to put Iraq's former dictator to death.

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The New York Post reports that someone has already offered $7 million to purchase Saddam Hussein's death rope, but that Iraq's ex-Prime Minister Mowaffak Al-Rubaie, who is selling the item, wants more than that.

According to the Post, "local law states that if the item is sold, the money must go to the state's treasury."