2006

Saddam Hussein hanged

December 30, 2006

Iraq's deposed dictator was led to a gallows in a Shia neighborhood of Baghdad and hanged at dawn on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Witnesses jeered. A grainy phone video leaked within hours, turning a state execution into a sectarian taunt and deepening the civil war it was meant to end.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: February 14, 2005: Beirut bomb kills Hariri
After: June 12, 2009: Iran's Green Movement

Before and after in War

Before: July 7, 2005: London 7/7 bombings
After: November 26, 2008: Mumbai attacks

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Execution of Saddam Hussein