Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging for crimes against humanity at a secure facility in a northern Baghdad suburb.
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Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain has been executed for crimes against humanity. The execution took place in Baghdad in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The execution was videotaped and photographed, state television reported, and those images will be distributed to the media.
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location outside Baghdad’s Green Zone for crimes against humanity.
Iraqi TV said the execution took place just before 0600 local time (0300GMT). A representative of the prime minister and a Sunni Muslim cleric were present. US-backed Iraqi television Al Hurra and Arabic satellite channel Arabiya confirmed that the execution had taken place in Baghdad in the early hours of Saturday.
“He has been executed. It has been officially announced that he has been executed,” Abbawi said, speaking by telephone to BBC News 24.
“Saddam’s body is in front me … It’s over,” another official from the prime minister’s office told CNN.
The execution was videotaped and photographed, state television reported, and those images will be distributed to the media.