Saddam Hussein Executed
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hanged for crimes against humanity in Baghdad on Dec. 30, 2006. It was a dramatic, violent end for a leader who ruled Iraq for three decades before he was toppled by a U.S. invasion four years ago.

Iraqi TV footage shows ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's final moment before execution early yesterday. -Xinhua/AFP

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Former Iraqi vice president to be sentenced to death  (18/1 14:47)
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be sentenced to death within five weeks after an appeals court ruled his previous sentence of life in prison was too lenient, media reported Thursday quoting a spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal.

Iraq shows film of Saddam co-defendants' hangings (16/1 13:15)
The film of Monday's execution of Saddam Hussein's two co-defendants was shown by the Iraqi government, in which his half-brother was beheaded by the noose.

 
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