Execution of Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia
WEBSaddam 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 …
Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia
WEBSaddam was convicted for crimes against humanity, specifically for the Dujail Massacre and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam was born in the village of Al-Awja, near Tikrit in northern Iraq, to a peasant Sunni Arab family. [7] . He joined the Ba'ath Party in 1957, and later in 1966 the Iraqi and Baghdad-based Ba'ath parties.
Saddam Hussein | Biography, History, Death, Sons, & Facts
WEB1 Jun 2024 · Saddam was convicted of crimes against humanity—including willful killing, illegal imprisonment, deportation, and torture—and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam’s half brother (an intelligence officer) and Iraq’s former chief judge were also sentenced to death.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq
WEB30 Dec 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...
BBC Archive 2006: Saddam Hussein sentenced to death - BBC
WEB5 days ago · Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death on 5 November 2006. Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 people in Dujail, Iraq, in 1982. The...
Death Of A Dictator: 10 Years Since Saddam Hussein's Execution
WEBOn December 30, 2006, former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging at an Iraqi military base called Camp Justice.
Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death - The New York Times
WEB5 Nov 2006 · An Iraqi tribunal convicted Mr. Hussein of crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death by hanging for the brutal repression of a Shiite town.
Saddam Hussein executed, ending era in Iraq - NBC News
WEB29 Dec 2006 · Violence follows execution. Within hours of his death, bombings killed at least 68 people in Iraq, including one planted on a minibus that exploded in a fish market in a mostly Shiite town south...
Saddam Hussein executed | CBC News
WEB31 Dec 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.
BBC NEWS | In Depth | Saddam Hussein on trial | Saddam reacts to death …
WEBSaddam Hussein has been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death by hanging. The former Iraqi leader shouted "God is greatest" and "long live the nation" as the sentence was...
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