What do you mean IF?

Saddam Hussein has asked the court to execute him by firing squad
if he's convicted and sentenced to death.

The prosecution has asked for the death penalty and the court could sentence him to death by hanging.

I'm reminded of a Warner Bothers Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck cartoon. I'll call it Duck season/Rabbit season where through PRONOUN PROBLEMS, Bugs gets Daffy to tell Elmer Fudd...."Shoot me now, shoot me now"!