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| 1979: Saddam Husein bacame the chairman of the revolutionary Command council, prime minister, comander of the armed forces, and secratary general of the Baath Party. On July 16th he also began his presidency over Iraq. |
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| December 13, 2003: The U.S. Troops found Saddam Hussein hiding in the cellar of a farmhouse. Saddam Hussein who was 66 years old at the time was in hiding for eight months! This was a huge victory for the United States! |
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| December 21, 2005: In court, Saddam Hussein swears that he was beaten and tortured by Americans. "I have been beaten on every place of my body, and the signs are all over my body," he told the court. |
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| July 7-23, 2006: Saddam Hussein and three others refused all food to protest the lack of security for lawyers and conduct of trial. On July 23, Saddam was hospitalized, and was force fed through a tube. |
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| December 30, 2006: This is the day that Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging. He was sentenced to this death after found guilty for committing crimes against humanity. Some Americans say that this was one of the biggest reliefs they've ever experienced. |
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