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The execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein took place on 30 December 2006. Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging , after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the Dujail massacre —the killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail —in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006, according to the sentence of an Iraqi tribunal.
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Dec 29, 2006 · Dec. 30, 2006: Execution. Saddam is taken to the gallows and hanged, according to various reports. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Dec 29, 2006 · World. Saddam Hussein Executed. December 29, 2006 / 9:07 AM EST / CBS/AP. Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after three years in U.S. custody, CBS News has confirmed....
Saddam was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity following his trial and conviction for the illegal killings of 148 Shi'ites in the town of Dujail in 1982. He was hanged on the first day of an important Islamic holiday, Eid ul-Adha , 30 December 2006, at approximately 06:05 AM local time (03:05 UTC ).
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Dec 30, 2006 · Saddam Hussein in court as he received the death sentence on Nov. 5 for his role in the killing in 1982 of nearly 150 people in the mainly Shiite village of Dujail. Credit... Pool photo by David...
Gulf War. 1991 Iraqi uprisings. Iraqi no-fly zones conflict. Iraq War. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti [c] (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003.
