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Saddam_Hussein - SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES

SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURED BY AMERICAN FORCES

Saddam Hussein was convicted of crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people, and sentenced to death by an Iraqi High Tribunal on November 5, 2006. He is shown during a briefing at the Iraqi Forum in Baghdad, December 14, 2003. (UPI Photo/Files)
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