Saddam Hussein is dead at 69. He was executed under order of the Iraqi government, three years after he was captured by U.S. soldiers. He was charged with the retaliatory murders of scores of people in a Shi'ite village after there was an attempt on his life."U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday."
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