Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for over two decades, maintaining control through fear, violence, and suppression of any opposition. However, his reign came to an end in 2006 when a US-led ...

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BAGHDAD (WCSC) — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging nearly 20 years ago. Hussein had ruled Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow and capture by a US-led coalition in 2003. He ...

BAGHDAD(AP) — Iraq announced on Monday that a high-level security officer during the rule of Saddam Hussein has been hanged for his involvement in the 1980 killing of a prominent Shiite cleric. The ...

Taha Yassin Ramadan, who was Saddam's vice president when the regime was ousted four years ago, was the fourth man to be executed in the killings of 148 Shiites following a 1982 assassination attempt ...

Hussein was officially convicted of crimes against humanity related to a 1982 massacre in Dujail, where 148 Shi'ite men and boys were brutally killed (Image: AP) Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron ...