- #SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE TIMELINE ARCHIVE#
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#SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE TIMELINE ARCHIVE#
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#SADDAM HUSSEIN CAPTURE TIMELINE PRO#
Saddam convicted of crimes against humanity by the court in Baghdad. Iraq prime minister Nouri Maliki says he hopes the former leader will be given "what he deserves".
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Saddam taken to hospital on the seventeenth day of his hunger strike and fed through a tube. Saddam and three others refuse food to protest lack of security for lawyers and conduct of the trial.
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He prays openly in court despite judge's order for trial to proceed. Saddam claims Americans beat and tortured him. Trial reconvenes, and Saddam calls Americans "invaders and occupiers". Saddam shown in a video being questioned about the 1982 massacre in Dujail, where nearly 150 Shiite Muslims were killed after an assassination bid against the president.Ī trial begins, with Saddam challenging the court's legitimacy. Charges of war crimes and genocide are rejected. Saddam and regime figures appear in court. Saddam transferred to Iraqi legal custody. Saddam captured in the town of Adwar, near Tikrit.
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President Bush gives Saddam 48 hours to leave Iraq.Īmerican forces launch war with a military strike on a target south of Baghdad.Ĭrowds greet US troops in Baghdad and topple a 40ft statue of Saddam. UN Security Council resolution threatens Saddam with "serious consequences" if he does not disarm. Four days of US-British air and missile strikes begin.
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Weapons inspectors are withdrawn from Iraq. Orders killing of two sons-in-law who returned to Baghdad after receiving guarantees of safety. Saddam crushes a Shiite revolt in south and a Kurd revolt in north.Ĭomplying with a UN Resolution, Saddam starts providing information on weapons of mass destruction, but is accused of cheating. Uses chemical weapons against Kurdish town of Halabja. Sends forces into Iran, sparking an eight-year war. Saddam takes over as president from al-Bakr and launches a purge of the Baath Party. Saddam takes charge of internal security and authority passes to Revolutionary Command Council under Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, his cousin. These are the significant events in his career -įlees the country after taking part in an ambush in Baghdad.īaathists seize power. Saddam Hussein was executed at 0600hrs (0300hrs GMT) on Saturday 30 December 2006.