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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.
He was executed on 30 December 2006. A highly polarizing and controversial figure, Saddam dominated Iraqi politics for three decades and was the subject of a cult of personality.
Jul 1, 2024 · Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Al-ʿAwjah, Iraq—died December 30, 2006, Baghdad) was the president of Iraq (1979–2003) whose brutal rule was marked by costly and unsuccessful wars against neighbouring countries.
Dec 30, 2006 · Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a year-long trial over the killings of 148 Shias from the town of Dujail in the 1980s. In a statement, Iraq's Prime...
Dec 31, 2006 · The body of Saddam Hussein was flown onboard a U.S. plane to his family hometown of Tikrit on Saturday, where it was handed over to tribal leaders for burial, a defence lawyer said.
Dec 29, 2006 · Clutching a Quran and refusing a hood, Saddam Hussein went to the gallows before sunrise, executed by vengeful countrymen after a quarter-century of remorseless brutality that killed countless...
Dec 29, 2006 · Iraq’s death penalty was suspended by the U.S. military after it toppled Saddam in 2003, but the new Iraqi government reinstated it two years later, saying executions would deter criminals.
Dec 29, 2006 · It is fitting that Saddam Hussein died, as many of his political opponents did, dangling from the end of a rope. He had used the gallows at Abu Ghraib to silence opposition and dissent.
Dec 29, 2006 · Saddam Hussein was executed because he was found guilty of killing of 148 people in 1982. What was the sentence? The sentence was death by hanging for his part in the murders of those...
Dec 30, 2006 · Saddam Hussein's reign was brought to a violent end and he disappeared after the fall of Baghdad on 9 April, becoming the US military's most wanted fugitive in Iraq. Captured His two sons, Uday...
