Most Deserved Executions

Saddam Hussein (2006):

Saddam Hussein considered himself the incarnation of Nebuchadnezzar II. His face was seen on office buildings, schools, airports, and shops. He was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from July 1979 until April 2003. Saddam suppressed several movements, particularly Shi'a and Kurdish movements seeking to overthrow the government or achieve independence, respectively. Saddam upheld power during the Iran–Iraq War of 1980 through 1988. In 1990 he ordered the invasion and looting of Kuwait.

He was extensively known by the nickname “The Butcher of Baghdad.” Hussein’s crimes are too great to list. In addition to secret killings of political opponents, Hussein used his military forces and chemical weapons against his fellow Iraqis to keep them from rising up against him. Hussein was toppled from power in 2003 when the United States invaded Iraq to overthrow the dictator. After being captured by American forces in 2003, Hussein was tried by a court established by the Iraqi interim government and hanged specifically for the death of 148 Shi’ite Iraqis in 1982. He was executed on 30 December 2006.