This video image released by Iraqi state television shows Saddam Hussein''s guards wearing ski masks and placing a noose around the deposed leader''s neck moments before his execution Saturday Dec. 30. 2006. Clutching a Quran and refusing a hood, Saddam Hussein went to the gallows before sunrise Saturday, executed by vengeful countrymen after a quarter-century of remorseless brutality that killed countless thousands and led Iraq into disastrous wars against the United States and Iran. (AP Photo/IRAQI TV, HO) IRAQ SADDAM
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