r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • May 02 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Courtroom footage from 2006 captures Saddam Hussein’s reaction to his death sentence

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u/-DWNSHFT- May 02 '25

I was a few miles south if Tikrit when he was captured in 2003 and I was on Striker on VBC the day of his hanging in 2006. I remember both days very clearly.

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u/NihilistPorcupine99 May 02 '25

Bro do you remember how quiet it was the night he was executed? We expected bookoo contact that night and it was dead quiet.