Saddam Hussein, to his guards, shortly before being executed. Saddam Hussein is hanged on December 30. An apparent cell-phone video of the execution is leaked shortly thereafter; in it, some of the witnesses, who appear to be members of Muqtada al-Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, taunt Saddam in the moments just before his
Wed23 Jul 2003 03.02 EDT. Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein's sons and his most feared lieutenants, were killed yesterday in a gun battle at their hideout in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul. The
SaddamHussein was born on 28 April 1937 to a poor Arab Sunni Muslim family in the village of Auja. It is not clear if his father, Hussain al-Majid, abandoned the family or died before he was born.Ellis the nurse, confided in Saddam when his brother died. “I will be your brother,” Saddam replied, offering Ellis a hug. To another soldier, Saddam promised that he would pay for his
I’m not happy,” George said. But when a tank rolled by, he waved. Then he declared, “I love Saddam, he’s courageous, he’s a hero.” The words set off a boisterous debate in the streets, an argument of the sort not heard publicly in a generation. “Saddam is a dog, a son of a dog," shouted Majid Mohammed, 47, an electrical engineer. Wikiquotealberga frases célebres de o sobre Sadam Huseín. Wikimedia Commons alberga una categoría multimedia sobre Sadam Huseín. Biografía de Sadam Huseín, Afterbeing sentenced to death by an Iraqi court, Saddam requested to be executed by firing squad rather than hanging, claiming it as the lawful military capital punishment and citing his former position of commander-in-chief of the Iraqi military. This request was denied by the court. Two days prior to the execution, a letter written by Saddam appeared on the Arab z8mFdV.