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Death of a Dictator

The Murderous Life of Saddam Hussein

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• Nov. 5, 2006: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yells at the court as a bailiff attempts to silence him as the verdict is delivered during his trial held under tight security in Baghdad.
• Saddam Hussein is pictured as a child in this undated photo.
• Then-General Saddam Hussein sits with Iraq President Ahmed Hassan el Bakr in November 1978. Saddam would force el Bakr to resign and would take his place as president in 1979.
• Saddam Hussein poses with wife Sagida and family members in 1990: (back row l-r) Hussein Kamel Hassan, Saddam Kamel and wife Rana (Saddam's daughter), Odai (Saddam's eldest son), Hussein Kamel's wife Raghad (Saddam's eldest daughter) and (in her arms) son Ali.
• Saddam Hussein is pictured with his sons, Odai (left) and Qusai.
• Iraq President Saddam Hussein fires rifle to begin military parade in Baghdad in December 2000.
• Man reacts at a mass grave, Suleimaniyah, Iraq 2003
• Mass grave discovered near Kirkuk in 2003.
• Remains at site of mass grave near Babylon, Iraq.
• Wreckage of Iraqi military vehicle and equipment destroyed during 1991 Gulf War near Basra, Iraq.
• Saddam Hussein holds a sword presented to him for his 65th birthday in 2002.
• April 8, 2003: A statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down by U.S. Marines in Firdos Square, Baghdad, Iraq.
• Saddam Hussein appears as the ace of spades on US military card that features wanted members of Iraqi leadership in 2003.
• Saddam shortly after his capture in 2003.