Saddam's Final Moments

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as he is led into the gallows room to be prepared for hanging, Dec. 30, 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq. Please be aware that some photos in this feature show Saddam with noose and executioner.

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as he is led into the gallows room to be prepared for hanging, Dec. 30, 2006 in Baghdad.

This video image shows Saddam Hussein's guard wearing a ski mask and wrapping a piece of black cloth 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 brutality that killed countless thousands.

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein standing on the gallows as he prepared for hanging Dec. 30, 2006 in Baghdad.

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein standing on the gallows as he prepared for hanging Dec. 30, 2006. The former Iraqi president was executed by hanging in a secure facility in the Northern Baghdad suburb of Khadimeya.

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as he prepared for hanging Dec. 30, 2006 in Baghdad.

In this television screen grab taken from Iraqi national television station Al-iraqia, a video shows the moments leading up to the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein standing on the gallows as he prepared for hanging, on Dec. 30, 2006 in Baghdad.