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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 attempt against him. [1]
Dec 30, 2006 · A Baghdad newscast reported the news of Saddam Hussein’s execution earlier in the day with details of the hanging and the disposal of the body. Interviews with officials were shown, as well...
Dec 30, 2006 · BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged...
Dec 29, 2006 · Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after three years in U.S. custody, CBS News has confirmed. He died before dawn Saturday in Iraq, which was just before 10 p.m....
Jan 1, 2007 · A grainy, unsteady video of Saddam Hussein's execution circulated on mainstream internet video sites Sunday on the day the deposed Iraqi leader was buried.
Dec 29, 2016 · On the morning of the start of Eid al-Adha on December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was hanged to death for committing crimes against humanity. It’s a day that will forever be entrenched in the...
Dec 30, 2006 · BAGHDAD, Saturday, Dec. 30 — Saddam Hussein, the dictator who led Iraq through three decades of brutality, war and bombast before American forces chased him from his capital city and captured...
Dec 31, 2006 · Defiant to the end, Saddam Hussein mocked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moments before he was hanged, a witness said Saturday.
Dec 29, 2006 · Witnesses to the execution told NBC News’ Richard Engel that they were cheering around the body of Saddam after the hanging — three years after the deposed president was hauled from a hole in...
Dec 30, 2006 · The former Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, has been hanged in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity. Iraqi state TV showed images of Saddam Hussein going to the gallows before dawn in a...
