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Many Arabs regard Saddam as a resolute leader who challenged Western imperialism, opposed the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and resisted foreign intervention in the region. Conversely, many Iraqis, particularly Shias and Kurds, perceive him negatively as a dictator responsible for severe authoritarianism , repression, and numerous injustices.
Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed on 30 December 2006. [1] Saddam 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 assassination attempt against him.
On 22 July, a raid by the US 101st Airborne Division and soldiers from Task Force 20 killed Saddam's sons (Uday and Qusay) along with one of his grandsons. In all, over 300 top leaders of the former government were killed or captured, as well as numerous lesser functionaries and military personnel.
The charges against Saddam included razing 250,000 acres (100,000 ha) of Dujail farmland. The source for the figure was an unsourced claim published in a 2005 article in The New York Times . [ 14 ] The claimed area is larger than the total amount of farmland surrounding Dujail, and less than 2% of the city's population had land confiscated or ...
Heads of state or government assassinated or executed after they left office (e.g. Aldo Moro, Saddam Hussein and Shinzo Abe) are excluded. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was tried by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office.. The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide [1] dating back to ...
The spokesman, Major Michael Shavers, said Saddam, captured by U.S. troops in December, was entitled to all the rights under the Geneva Conventions. The International Committee of the Red Cross had asked to visit the former Iraqi leader as soon as possible. Shavers did not give further details about Saddam's conditions of detention.
They had formed a powerful militant movement in opposition to Saddam Hussein's regime. [6] On 9 April 1980, Al-Sadr and his sister were killed after being severely tortured by their Baathist captors. [2] Signs of torture could be seen on the bodies. [6] [7] [8] The Baathists raped Bint Houda in front of her brother. [8]