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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 ...
19 October 2005 – 21 December 2006. Verdict. Saddam Hussein found guilty of crimes against humanity and subsequently sentenced to death; executed on 30 December 2006. The trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office.
Jan 1, 2007 · How Saddam died on the gallows | World news | The Guardian. Saddam Hussein hanging from a noose after execution in Baghdad early on Saturday, in a photograph seemingly taken by camera phone...
Dec 30, 2006 · 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...
It sparked speculation that the execution was carried out incorrectly as Saddam Hussein had a gaping hole in his neck. [188] Saddam was buried at his birthplace of Al-Awja in Tikrit, Iraq, on 31 December 2006.
Dec 29, 2006 · 1957-1958: Jail Time. Joins the underground Baath Socialist Party in 1957. The following year he is arrested for killing his brother-in-law, a Communist, and spends six months in prison.
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....
