Hanged On the fifth of November 2006 Saddam Hussein was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam faced 'specimen' charges - specific examples of the egregious cruelty of the regime that he led. He was accused of ordering the execution of 148 men and boys from the town of Dujail north of Baghdad in 1982, and with "the widespread and systematic persecution" of the people of the town.
WAR CRIME Chapter 8
WAR CRIME Chapter 8
WAR CRIME Chapter 8
Hanged On the fifth of November 2006 Saddam Hussein was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity. He was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam faced 'specimen' charges - specific examples of the egregious cruelty of the regime that he led. He was accused of ordering the execution of 148 men and boys from the town of Dujail north of Baghdad in 1982, and with "the widespread and systematic persecution" of the people of the town.