Saddam Hussein Biography

Birth of Saddam Hussein, near Tikrit

Appointed Member of Ba'ath Socialist Party, a growing party with 300 members

Arrested for the murder of al-Tikriti

Involved in a failed attempt to assassinate President Qassem

Involved in a failed attempt to assassinate President Qassem

Flees to Syria after an abortive coup against the military dictator brigadier Kassem

Flees to Syria after an abortive coup against the military dictator brigadier Kassem

Returns to Iraq after Kassem was overthrown & killed

The Baathists favour a pan-Arab, secular socialist state. The Baathists come to power for the 1st time. A nationalist coalition seizes power including the Baathists

The Baathists favour a pan-Arab, secular socialist state. The Baathists come to power for the 1st time

Returns to Iraq after Kassem was overthrown & killed

Arrested for conspiring against President Aref. Arrested for a 2nd time

Escapes from arrest

1st day of a coup that brings the Baath Party to power

Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the Presidents head

Breaks into the Presidential Palace & holds a gun to the Presidents head

Given responsibility for national security

The Baath Party come to power

Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Baath Party, in charge of security

Forces Nayif into exile by threatening him with a gun at Barkrs office

The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring

The Baath Party declares that iy has smashed a Zionist spy ring

Played a leading role in the 1968 revolution

Played a leading role in the 1968 revolution

Religious leaders are massacred

Helps negotiate the purchase of Mirage-F1 fighter planes from France

Take by Chirac on a tour of Provence. Deputizes for Bakr during his ill health & recieves Jaques Chirac

After the nuclear reactor deal with France declares there will be an Arab atomic bomb

Nayif is shot dead on Saddams orders in London

Agrees to unite Syria & Iraqs ministries of foreign affairs, defense & information

The Baath Party of Iraq announces it wishes to unite with the Baath Party of Syria. Architect of the policy to unite the Syrian & Iraqi Baath Parties

Adnan, a cousin, & Tulfah, an uncle, threaten Bakr in the Presidential Palace

Adnan, a cousin, & Tulfah, an uncle, threaten Bakr in the Presidential Palace

Signs a deal with France for the development of a nuclear reactor

Negotiates unification with Syria to protect Iraq from Khomeins power in Iran

Appointed Field Marshal, an appointment made by himself to diect the war against Iraq

The Italian Snia Technit will sell 4 nuclear labs to the Iraqi Atomic Energy Comm

Appointed Party Chairman after the resignation of President Bakr

Appointed President of Iraq

Purges the Revolutionary Command Council

Bakr is persuaded bt Hussein to resign, to prevent unifacation with Syria

Salim Shakir is tried for plotting against Saddam Hussein & is jailed for 7 yrs

The Revolutionary Command Council decide to replace Bakr

Appointed President of Iraq, announced by al-Bakr

Bakr announces his resignation

President Asad of Syria visits Saddam Hussein to discuss Iraqi & Syrian unification

Inaugurated as President of Iraq

Iraqs "night of the long knives", 500 are murdered

Iraq breaks its 1975 Treaty with Iran & declares sovereignty over Shatt al-Arab

The Amn al-Khass reports directly to the Presidents office. Founds the Amn al-Khass, Special Security, the security arm of the state

Resurrects the Natinal Assembly, dormant since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958. Elections to the 250 seat National Assembly are to be held every 4 yrs. Candidates for the National Assembly must be followers of the 1968 revolution

Resurrects the Natinal Assembly, dormant since the overthrow of the monarchy in 1958

Elections to the 250 seat National Assembly are to be held every 4 yrs

Elections to the 250 seat National Assembly are to be held every 4 yrs. Candidates for the National Assembly must be followers of the 1968 revolution

Elections are held to the National Asembly, won by the Ba'ath Socialist Party

The Iranian town of Dezfuk is heavilly bombed

Iraq gets off to a succesful start to the war

Wants a quick war to capture the east bank of the Shatt al-Arab & parts of Khuzistan

Makes a speech in the National Assembly declaring the agreement with Iraq null & void

Makes a speech in the National Assembly declaring the agreement with Iraq null & void

Iraq bombs 10 Iranian airbases

Invades Iran & begins the Gulf War

Iraq bombs the Abadan refinery

Orders tank commanders to lead the invasion of Iran

Iraqi forces capture Khorramshahr

Iraq captures the Iranian port of Khorramshar

Iraq beats back Irans 1st major counteroffensive

Bombed by Israel to prevent Iraq developing nuclear weapons

Iran relieves its besieged port of Abadan

Iran launches a major offensive on the central front with Iraq

Iraq declares a ceasefire

Iran launches its 1st attack into Iraq

8,000 members of the Barzani clan are massacred after helping the Iranians

The USA & Iraq resume diplomatic relations, ceased in 1967

Iran launches a "massive" offensive against Iraq

Iran captures Iraqs oil-rich Majnoon Islands

Iraq fights off the offensive during the heaviest Battle yetw. Iran attempts to ford the Tigris

Iran occupies the Fao Peninsular

Iran captures the port of Faw & gains control of the Shatt al-Arab waterway

Tens of thousands are massacred during the "Anfal" war booty campaign

Iraq counterattacks with the objective of capturing Basra

5,000 are killed by chemical weapons

5,000 are killed by chemical weapons

Iraqi forces use chemical weapons against Halabja during the Iran-Iraq War, killing large numbers of civilians.

Security Council Res 598 orders an Iraq cease-fire or face an arms embargo. Security Council Res 598 is ignored

Subsequent talks at New York & Geneva make slow progress

Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq

Iraq gives up occupied land in Iran & agrees to protect Irans eastern flank

The Gulf War began with an extensive aerial bombing campaign on 16 January 1991. For forty-two consecutive days and nights, the coalition forces subjected Iraq to the most intensive air bombardment in military history. The coalition flew over 100,000 sorties, dropping 88,500 tons of bombs,[102] and widely destroying military and civilian infrastructure

Military pressure increases after disputes over oil and debt.

Masses Iraqi forces near Kuwait during escalating bilateral tensions.

Some detainees are used as protection at strategic sites.

Uses foreign civilians as political leverage during the crisis.

Restricts departure of foreign nationals from Iraq and Kuwait.

Kuwaiti state institutions are subordinated to occupation authorities.

Imposes Iraqi administrative control over occupied Kuwait.

Prevents many foreign nationals from freely leaving occupied Kuwait.

Orders the invasion that overwhelms Kuwait's defenses.

Iraqi forces rapidly seize Kuwait City and key installations.

Orders Iraqi forces into Kuwait.

The invasion rapidly overruns Kuwaiti military and government positions.

The United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions against Iraq

The United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions against Iraq

The United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions against Iraq

The United Nations Security Council imposes sanctions against Iraq

Declares Kuwait annexed by Iraq.

The claim is rejected by the United Nations and most governments.

Iraq makes peace with Iran & accepts all of Irans terms

Attempts to consolidate annexation despite international rejection.

Proclaims Kuwait an Iraqi province after the invasion.

Removes a major humanitarian issue before the withdrawal deadline.

60,000 are killed during the Shia & Kurdish uprisings

The USA leads the allied bombing of Baghdad

Coalition aircraft begin sustained attacks on Iraqi command, air-defence and military targets.

Military action begins after Iraq fails to meet the United Nations withdrawal deadline.

Saddam's forces face the opening day of the United States-led air and missile campaign.

Iraq launches its first Scud missile toward Saudi Arabia during the opening phase.

Iraq launches Scud missiles against Riyadh & Dhahran

Iraq launches Scud missiles against Israel

Iraq launches Scud missiles against Riyadh & Dhahran

Iraq launches Scud missiles at Israel in an effort to disrupt the coalition.

A Scud missile hit the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, after two coalition Patriots failed to intercept it. Three elderly people suffered fatal heart attacks, another 96 people were injured, and 20 apartment buildings were damaged.

After this attack, the Israelis warned that if the US failed to stop the attacks, they would.

At one point Israeli commandos boarded helicopters prepared to fly into Iraq but the mission was called off after a phone call from US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney

reporting on the extent of coalition efforts to destroy Scuds and emphasizing that Israeli intervention could endanger US forces

A Scud missile hit the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, after two coalition Patriots failed to intercept it. Three elderly people suffered fatal heart attacks, another 96 people were injured, and 20 apartment buildings were damaged.

After this attack, the Israelis warned that if the US failed to stop the attacks, they would.

At one point Israeli commandos boarded helicopters prepared to fly into Iraq but the mission was called off after a phone call from US Defence Secretary Dick Cheney

reporting on the extent of coalition efforts to destroy Scuds and emphasizing that Israeli intervention could endanger US forces

The spill creates a major wartime environmental disaster.

The action creates a severe Gulf environmental disaster.

Iraqi forces release large quantities of oil from Kuwaiti facilities.

Coalition commanders declare air supremacy after ten days of intensive operations.

Iraqi forces attacked and occupied the lightly defended Saudi city of Khafji with tanks and infantry. The Battle of Khafji ended two days later when the Iraqis were driven back by the Saudi Arabian National Guard, supported by Qatari forces and US Marines

Mounts an offensive across the Saudi frontier & captures Khafi, recovered 2 days later

Iraq invades Saudi Arabia

Iraqi forces attacked and occupied the lightly defended Saudi city of Khafji with tanks and infantry. The Battle of Khafji ended two days later when the Iraqis were driven back by the Saudi Arabian National Guard, supported by Qatari forces and US Marines

Saddam's forces cross the Saudi border and occupy parts of Khafji.

The fires devastate oil infrastructure and pollute the environment.

Retreating Iraqi forces ignite hundreds of Kuwaiti oil wells.

A coalition strike destroys the Al-Amiriyah facility and kills many civilians sheltering inside.

Iraq agreed to a Soviet-proposed ceasefire agreement

Iraq offers withdrawal terms that the coalition rejects as conditional and incomplete.

Iraqi forces set large numbers of Kuwaiti oil wells ablaze.

The fires cause immense economic and environmental damage.

Hundreds of oil wells are set alight by Iraq as it faces defeat, extinguished Nov 3

Saddam accepts a Soviet proposal containing conditions unacceptable to the coalition.

Iraq fails to accept the coalition's unconditional withdrawal deadline.

Coalition ground forces attack while Iraq continues seeking a settlement through Soviet mediation.

The Allied land offensive begins against Iraq

Iraqi forces fired a Scud missile at an American barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. The missile attack killed 28 US military personnel

Saddam orders Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait as coalition troops advance.

The retreat marks collapse of Iraq's occupation.

Orders Iraqi forces to leave Kuwait during the coalition advance.

A revolt against the Government begins in Basra & spreads to other Shiite cities

A revolt against the Government begins in Basra & spreads to other Shiite cities

US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees

US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees

US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees

US forces move into northern Iraq to set up safe havens for Kurdish refugees

Iraq captures Abu Musa

Agrees a provisional cease-fire with the Allies

Agrees to a United Nations peace keeping force. Agrees reparations, destruction of chemical, nuclear & biological weapons. Agrees cease-fire with the Allies, abandons claims to Iraq

Emigre Iraqi banker Ahmad Chalabi organizes a Kurdish uprising against Saddam Hussein in the northern part of the country

After General Hussein Kamel, Minister of Industry and Minerals and former Director of Iraq's Military Industrialization Corporation, responsible for Iraq's weapons programs, fled for Jordan, Iraq reveals an extensive biological weapons program

The United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq, the Security Council votes unanimously for moves including ban on foreign travel by Iraqi officials who do not cooperate with the United Nations disarmament commission

The United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq, the Security Council votes unanimously for moves including ban on foreign travel by Iraqi officials who do not cooperate with the United Nations disarmament commission

The United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq, the Security Council votes unanimously for moves including ban on foreign travel by Iraqi officials who do not cooperate with the United Nations disarmament commission

The United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq, the Security Council votes unanimously for moves including ban on foreign travel by Iraqi officials who do not cooperate with the United Nations disarmament commission

The United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq, the Security Council votes unanimously for moves including ban on foreign travel by Iraqi officials who do not cooperate with the United Nations disarmament commission

The United Nations imposes sanctions on Iraq, the Security Council votes unanimously for moves including ban on foreign travel by Iraqi officials who do not cooperate with the United Nations disarmament commission

Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response

Iraq Expels US Weapons Inspectors, President Clinton denounces the action but refrains from military response

Clinton sends Carrier in Warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weopons

Clinton sends carrier warning to Iraq, dispatches George Washington and four other ships to join the Nimitz in Persian Gulf as further sign that the US is prepared to act to prevent Iraq from developing ability to use chemical or biological weapons

Clinton welcomes Saddam Husseins decision to back down and allow United Nations inspectors to resume search for weapons of mass destruction

Clinton welcomes Saddam Hussein's decision to back down and allow United Nations inspectors to resume search for weapons of mass destruction

Iraq still bars inspectors from palaces, military bases, and intelligence centres

UNMOVIC supervises the destruction of a small number of empty chemical rocket warheads, 50 liters of mustard gas that had been declared by Iraq and sealed by UNSCOM in 1998

UNMOVIC supervises the destruction of a small number of empty chemical rocket warheads, 50 liters of mustard gas that had been declared by Iraq and sealed by UNSCOM in 1998

In October 1998, removing the Hussein regime became official US foreign policy with enactment of the "Iraq Liberation Act"

In October 1998, removing the Hussein regime became official US foreign policy with enactment of the "Iraq Liberation Act"

Iraq is now forced to admit for the first time the existence of an offensive biological weapons program

Jet fighters Battle for first time in six years over Iraqi no-fly zone

Washington officials say agents on arms inspection teams discovered secret weapons programs

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq

In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country

In late 2002 Saddam Hussein, in a letter to Hans Blix, invites United Nations weapons inspectors back into the country

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq

The United Nations Security Council issues resolution 1441 authorizing new inspections in Iraq. The carefully worded United Nations resolution put the burden on Iraq, not U.N. inspectors, to prove that they no longer had weapons of mass destruction

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

UN Resolution 1441 gives Iraq "a final opportunity to comply with its disarmament obligations" and set up inspections by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Hussein accepts the resolution on November 13 and inspectors returned to Iraq under the direction of UNMOVIC chairman Hans Blix and IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei

The United Nations weapons inspectors report that they had found no indication that Iraq possessed nuclear weapons or an active program

The United Nations weapons inspectors report that they had found no indication that Iraq possessed nuclear weapons or an active program

The United Nations weapons inspectors report that they had found no indication that Iraq possessed nuclear weapons or an active program

In his 2003 address to the nation, Bush demands that Hussein and his two sons, Uday and Qusay, surrender and leave Iraq, giving them a 48-hour deadline

The bombing of Iraq by the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Poland, Australia, and Denmark begins

The invasion is preceded by an air strike on the Presidential Palace in Baghdad

America begins the war with air strikes on Baghdad

Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city

Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city

Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city

Three weeks into the invasion, US-led Coalition forces move into Baghdad, units of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard led the defence of the city

Saddam Hussein's government collapses as coalition forces enter Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq.

Most of the Iraqi military is quickly defeated and Baghdad was occupied on April 9th

Kurdish forces opposed to Saddam Hussein had already occupied for years an autonomous area in northern Iraq & with the assistance of US. Special Forces and air strikes, are able to rout the Iraqi units near them and to occupy oil-rich Kirkuk

Kurdish forces opposed to Saddam Hussein had already occupied for years an autonomous area in northern Iraq & with the assistance of US. Special Forces and air strikes, are able to rout the Iraqi units near them and to occupy oil-rich Kirkuk

Kurdish forces opposed to Saddam Hussein had already occupied for years an autonomous area in northern Iraq & with the assistance of US. Special Forces and air strikes, are able to rout the Iraqi units near them and to occupy oil-rich Kirkuk

Many Iraqis celebrated the downfall of Saddam by vandalizing the many portraits and.

The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed.

statues of him together with other pieces of his cult of personality & the dramatic toppling of a large statue of Saddam in Baghdads Fardus Square.

The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed

The final resistance to US forces is mounted but by late afternoon, all fighting had ceased & a total of 34 US soldiers and 2,320 Iraqi soldiers and Fedayeen were killed

US forces take control of Tikrit, the last major outpost in central Iraq, with an attack led by the Marines Task Force Tripoli

An end of major combat operations is declared, ending the invasion period and beginning the military occupation period

Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities

Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities

Resolution 1483 recognizes the authority, responsibilities, and obligations of the United States and the United Kingdom as occupying powers of Iraq under a unified command. Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities

Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities

Resolution 1483 recognizes the authority, responsibilities, and obligations of the United States and the United Kingdom as occupying powers of Iraq under a unified command. Resolution 1483 calls upon the states of the United Nations to support actions that facilitate the prosecution of the members of Saddam Husseins regime responsible for crimes and atrocities

During a raid by the US 101st Airborne Division and men from Task Force 20, Saddam Husseins sons Uday and Qusay, and one of his grandsons were killed in a massive fire-fight

The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide

The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide

Saddam Hussein is captured by US soldiers in a 6ft by 8ft hole

Operation Red Dawn was launched after gaining actionable intelligence identifying two likely locations of Saddams whereabouts codenamed Objective Wolverine 1 and Wolverine 2, near the town of ad-Dawr.

Saddam Hussein was captured by the US Armys 4th Infantry Division and members of Task Force 121 during Operation Red Dawn.

The First Brigade Combat team of the 4th ID, in addition to Special Forces from Task Force 121 were assigned the mission to capture or kill Saddam Hussein.

Found hiding in a spider hole during Operation Red Dawn & captured

Found hiding in a spider hole during Operation Red Dawn & captured

Hussein is given prisoner-of-war status

Legal custody of Saddam Hussein passes to the Iraqi interim Government but physical custody remains in American military hands

Goes on trial for war crimes

Saddam Hussein is arraigned before an Iraqi judge on seven preliminary charges

Saddam appears confident and defiant throughout the 46-minute hearing. Alternating between listening to and gesturing at the judge Rizgar Mohammed Amin, he questioned the legitimacy of the tribunal set up to try him. He called the court a "play" aimed at Bushs chances of winning the US presidential elections

Formal charges are filed against Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants in connection with Government atrocities committed in the al-Dujail region against the people of al-Dujail

Formal charges are filed against Saddam Hussein and other co-defendants in connection with Government atrocities committed in the al-Dujail region against the people of al-Dujail

Saddam is charged by the Special Tribunal with the first of an expected series of charges, relating to the mass killings of the inhabitants of the village of Dujail in 1982 after a failed assassination attempt against him

The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005

Particular attention was paid during the trial to activities in violent campaigns against the Kurds in the north during the Iran mins Iraq War, against the Shiites in the south in 1991 and 1999 to put down revolts, and in Dujail after a failed assassination

Saddam asserted in his defense that he had been unlawfully overthrown, and was still the president of Iraq. 1st day of the trial

The first trial began before the Iraqi Special Tribunal on 19 October 2005. Remained in custody by United States forces at Camp Cropper in Baghdad, along with eleven senior Baathist officials.

attempt on 8 July 1982, during the Iran mins Iraq War.

He added, "Neither do I recognize the body that has designated and authorized you, nor the aggression because all that has been built on false basis is false."

He rejected the tribunal's legitimacy and independence from the control of the foreign occupation. "I do not respond to this so-called court, with all due respect to its people, and I retain my constitutional right as the president of Iraq", Saddam declared.

Iraqi authorities put Saddam and seven other former Iraqi officials on trial on 19 October 2005, four days after the 15 October 2005 referendum on the new Iraq constitution.

The tribunal specifically charged the defendants with the killing of 148 Shiites from Dujail, in retaliation for the failed assassination attempt of 8 July 1982. As in his pre-trial appearance, at the opening of the 19 October Trial Saddam appeared defiant.

Chief prosecutor Jaafar al-Mussawi delivers the final arguments for the prosecution, calling for Saddam Hussein, his half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti & former Vice President, Taha Yassin Ramadan, to be sentenced to death

Saddam Hussein announces a boycott of the trial, saying it makes a mockery of international and Iraqi law and is driven by "malicious" US aims

A second and separate trial begins on 21 August 2006, trying Saddam and six co-defendants for genocide during the Anfal military campaign against the Kurds of northern Iraq

Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shias in Tigris river city of Dujail in 1982, sentenced to death by hanging

Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity for the killing of 148 Shias in Tigris river city of Dujail in 1982, sentenced to death by hanging

Saddams appeal is rejected and the death sentence upheld

The execution is carried out at "Camp Justice," an Iraqi army base in Kazimain, a neighbourhood of northeast Baghdad

The execution is carried out at "Camp Justice," an Iraqi army base in Kazimain, a neighbourhood of northeast Baghdad. On 30 December 2006 at approximately 6:05 am Baghdad time, Saddam Husseins sentence is carried out and he was executed by hanging