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Saddam Hussein hanged, says Al Hurra TV station — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday. — The former Iraqi president ousted in April 2003 by a U.S.- led invasion …
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Dictator Who Ruled Iraq With Violence Is Hanged for Crimes Against Humanity — Saddam Hussein, the dictator who led Iraq through three decades of brutality, war and bombast before American forces chased him from his capital city and captured him in a filthy pit near his hometown …
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Report: Saddam hanged; Update: Witnesses danced around the body? — Word just in from al-Arabiya that Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti is dead. — Sic Semper Tyrannis. Watch this space for more details. — Update (AP): Al-Hurra is reporting it too. I'm monitoring Al Jazeera in the expectation …
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WELL HUNG! Saddam Hung To Prove Bush is BETTER Hung... (Than His Dad) — (Photo of well-hung leader by www.wacotrib.com) — We Got Him!!!! Only $354 Billion & 3,000 US Military! — (I'd call that a Bargain. The best we've ever had...) — Some thanks are in order: — 1) To George W. Bush.
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Saddam Hussein executed for war crimes — Saddam Hussein, the shotgun-waving dictator who ruled Iraq with a remorseless brutality for a quarter-century and was driven from power by a U.S.-led war that left his country in shambles, was taken to the gallows clutching a Quran and hanged Saturday.
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Saddam Hussein executed — Deposed Iraqi dictator hanged for deaths of 148 Shiites in 1982 — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three years after he was hauled from a hole in the ground by pursuing U.S. forces, Saddam Hussein was hanged Saturday under a sentence imposed by an Iraqi court, an Iraqi official told NBC News.
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Official: Saddam to be executed tonight — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The official witnesses to Saddam Hussein's impending execution gathered Friday in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone in final preparation for his hanging, as state television broadcast footage of his regime's atrocities.
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Obituary - Saddam Hussein — Former Iraqi dictator who ruled his country without mercy and struck fear into the heart of millions — Saddam Hussein was a tyrant whose actions brought down unimaginable catastrophe on Iraq and its peoples. From an early age, he had enjoyed inflicted suffering …
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'I Saw Fear, He Was Afraid' — In a NEWSWEEK exclusive, the man hired to videotape Saddam Hussein's execution recalls the brutal dictator's humble final moments. — Ali Al Massedy was 3 feet away from Saddam Hussein when he died. The 38 year old, normally Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al …
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Saddam Hussein hanged: witnesses — BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday, a dramatic end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before a U.S. invasion toppled him and was then convicted of crimes against humanity.
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Iraq: Saddam Hussein Put to Death — Hanging After Flawed Trial Undermines Rule of Law — The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein following a deeply flawed trial for crimes against humanity marks a significant step away from respect for human rights and the rule of law in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Report: Saddam is dead
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The Death of a Butcher- Saddam Hussein's Final Hours
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CAIR Play? — Sen. Barbara Boxer recalled an award she recently gave to an Islamic activist because of his ties to a major American Muslim organization—that critics say has ties to terrorist activities. — Dangerous Group? President Bush met with Muslim-American representatives on Sept. 17, 2001.
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AT&T Yields to Neutrality, Paves Path to Congress — In a striking victory for Internet freedom advocates, AT&T officials agreed on Thursday night to adhere to strict Network Neutrality conditions if allowed to complete their $85 billion merger with BellSouth which was approved today.
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Hezbollah's Christian Allies — This is the second installment in a series. You can read Part One here if you missed it. — BEIRUT - While Hezbollah staged a mass protest and sit-in downtown Beirut with the hopes of ousting the elected anti-Syrian "March 14" government, I watched from the patio of a café across the street.
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