Today in History: December 30, Saddam Hussein executed

Also on this day, more than 600 people died when fire broke out at the recently opened Iroquois Theater in Chicago

Saddam Hussein — Saddam Hussein sits in the dock during his trial on genocide charges in the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Monday Sept. 18, 2006. Saddam and six co-defendants are being tried on charges of committing atrocities against Kurds during the Operation Anfal crackdown in northern Iraq nearly two decades ago. The prosecution alleges some 180,000 people died in the campaign, many of them killed by poison gas. (AP Photo/Erik de Castro, Pool)

By Associated Press

UPDATED: December 30, 2024 at 1:03 AM PST

Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal

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Originally Published: December 30, 2024 at 1:00 AM PST

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