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Bursts of celebratory gunfire went up as dawn broke in Baghdad, where news of Saddam Hussein's execution reached people as they awoke.? After the echoes of the shots faded, people went to their televisions and waited for the images to come.? Everyone was certain the Iraqi government would air...
The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein •Saddam Is Sentenced to Death, and Iraq Shrugs
To many outsiders, the execution?and its endless, almost breathless coverage?seemed to go beyond punishment or retribution and cross over into something closer to a lynching.? In Europe, political voices ranging from German leftists to the Pope expressed disgust at both the execution and the way it was carried...
Iraqis expressed a mix of opinions about Hussein's execution in the hours afterward as a clear, bright day settled over Baghdad.?
The Trial and Execution of Saddam Hussein •Saddam Is Sentenced to Death, and Iraq Shrugs