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Saddam Hussein: an obituary
Saddam Hussein: an obituary
Last Modified: 30 Dec 2006
By:
Alex Thomson
Events since the invasion should not obscure the brutality of life in Iraq under Saddam.
Events since the invasion should not obscure the brutality of life in Iraq under Saddam.
The footage of Saddam's execution is unlikely to shock many Iraqis who survived his regime. His dictatorship was based on brutality at home and slaughter abroad.
Some of the images which follow are deeply disturbing, many others simply cannot be broadcast.
But they demonstrate why, three years ago, some Iraqis met western soldiers by screaming "You cannot imagine what we've been living through."
Alex Thomson looks back at the life of Saddam Hussein.
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