Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at an unspecified location in Baghdad, along with two senior members of his regime, reports say.
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AP - Saddam Hussein, the shotgun-waving dictator who ruled Iraq with a remorseless brutality for a quarter-century and was driven from power by a U.S.-led war that left his country in shambles, was taken to the gallows and executed Saturday, Iraqi state-run television reported.
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Saddam Hussein was hanged Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign, U.S. and Iraqi sources tell CNN. One witness to the execution told CNN: "Saddam's body is in front me. It's over." The execution was videotaped and photographed, Iraqi state television reported.
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