Saddam Hussein Executed
Saddam Hussein Execution: December 30, 2006
Months after hiding in a hole from the rest of the world and being captured, former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was proven guilty and convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Among the multiple crimes that Hussein committed, he was sentenced to execution by hanging after the 1982 killing of approximately 150 Iraqi shiites in Dujail. Hussein ordered a retaliation against the Iraqi’s who were attacking him. Hussein was guilty of murder, torture, and forced deportation concerning the Dujail killings. On December 30, 2006 at 6 a.m. the world was informed by Iraqi national security advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie that Hussein had been executed. Reportedly, Hussein was dressed in a black overcoat and was “strangely submissive”. Rubaie said, “He was a broken man…He was afraid. You could see the fear in his face.” The hanging took place at the 5th Division intelligence office in Qadhimiya and there were no Americans on site and was an all Iraqi operation. Other than being submissive, Hussein carried a copy of the Quran and asked for it to be given to some one he identified (person not known by press). Rubaie also mentioned that Hussein refused to wear the black hood over his head after being ordered. The execution was filmed and photographed the whole entire execution, however the viewers only saw the film up the the noose being tightened around Hussein’s neck. The body was taken immediately to the Prime Minister office to be viewed and visited by family members of Saddam’s victims. On December 31, 2006 Saddam was buried in Al-Awja, Tikrit, Iraq close to other family members buried there.
Along with Saddam, his co-defendants Barzan Hassan and Awwad Bander were found guilty and face execution for their convicted crimes. However the Iraqi government waned to put it on a hold in order to make Saddam’s execution a more important day in history. While many citizens in a country should be sad when their president dies, Iraq was different. Shiites chanted outside government buildings over the celebration of Saddam being dead.
Saddam Hussein was a tremendous moment in the Iraq war because the United States and Iraq were freed from the stringent regime of the dictator Saddam Hussein. The prolonged, arduous, and devastating terror in Iraq came to an end for citizens of Iraq and the soldiers protecting America from the cutthroat president. When Saddam was executed, many people celebrated the sense of freedom without the terrorist pressure of the Hussein regime. On the United States perspective, it was a major victory and a glimpse of the end of the war against Iraq. President Bush’s main goal was achieved- to kill the man who threatened the US with nuclear weapons. While the death of Saddam was viewed as a ending point to a dark Iraq era, violence continued in Iraq showing that the Iraqi government still needed to mature and develop.
Months after hiding in a hole from the rest of the world and being captured, former President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein was proven guilty and convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal. Among the multiple crimes that Hussein committed, he was sentenced to execution by hanging after the 1982 killing of approximately 150 Iraqi shiites in Dujail. Hussein ordered a retaliation against the Iraqi’s who were attacking him. Hussein was guilty of murder, torture, and forced deportation concerning the Dujail killings. On December 30, 2006 at 6 a.m. the world was informed by Iraqi national security advisor Mowaffak al-Rubaie that Hussein had been executed. Reportedly, Hussein was dressed in a black overcoat and was “strangely submissive”. Rubaie said, “He was a broken man…He was afraid. You could see the fear in his face.” The hanging took place at the 5th Division intelligence office in Qadhimiya and there were no Americans on site and was an all Iraqi operation. Other than being submissive, Hussein carried a copy of the Quran and asked for it to be given to some one he identified (person not known by press). Rubaie also mentioned that Hussein refused to wear the black hood over his head after being ordered. The execution was filmed and photographed the whole entire execution, however the viewers only saw the film up the the noose being tightened around Hussein’s neck. The body was taken immediately to the Prime Minister office to be viewed and visited by family members of Saddam’s victims. On December 31, 2006 Saddam was buried in Al-Awja, Tikrit, Iraq close to other family members buried there.
Along with Saddam, his co-defendants Barzan Hassan and Awwad Bander were found guilty and face execution for their convicted crimes. However the Iraqi government waned to put it on a hold in order to make Saddam’s execution a more important day in history. While many citizens in a country should be sad when their president dies, Iraq was different. Shiites chanted outside government buildings over the celebration of Saddam being dead.
Saddam Hussein was a tremendous moment in the Iraq war because the United States and Iraq were freed from the stringent regime of the dictator Saddam Hussein. The prolonged, arduous, and devastating terror in Iraq came to an end for citizens of Iraq and the soldiers protecting America from the cutthroat president. When Saddam was executed, many people celebrated the sense of freedom without the terrorist pressure of the Hussein regime. On the United States perspective, it was a major victory and a glimpse of the end of the war against Iraq. President Bush’s main goal was achieved- to kill the man who threatened the US with nuclear weapons. While the death of Saddam was viewed as a ending point to a dark Iraq era, violence continued in Iraq showing that the Iraqi government still needed to mature and develop.