Iraqis across the nation sent text messages to their relatives and friends as soon as they heard of Hussein's execution. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law."Īfter the execution, celebratory gunfire broke out in Baghdad. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. In Crawford, Tex., President Bush said in a statement that Hussein received "the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime." He added, "Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. "He died instantly," Askari said on al-Arabiya television.
Sami al-Askari, a member of parliament, said Hussein refused to wear a black hood for his hanging. Only a small group of Iraqi officials were present in the execution room, Rubaie said. "It was just like he was talking about himself." It was clear in his face, but he turned his face at me and said, 'Don't be afraid,' " Rubaie said. The execution took place in the headquarters of Hussein's former military intelligence service in Baghdad's Kadhimiyah neighborhood. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, Iraq's national security adviser, described on state television Hussein's last moments. He was executed on the day Sunni Muslims, of which he was one, were to begin celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. military prison cell at Camp Cropper, near the Baghdad airport, and handed over to Iraqi officials. In the early morning, Hussein, 69, was escorted from his U.S.
30 - Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was hanged in the predawn hours of Saturday for crimes against humanity in the mass murder of Shiite men and boys in the 1980s, sent to the gallows by a government backed by the United States and led by Shiite Muslims who had been oppressed during his rule, Iraqi and American officials said. Former Iraqi President Hanged Before Dawn in Baghdad to Divided Reaction'"> Email Bio Follow December 30, 2006īAGHDAD, Dec.
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