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best photojournalism: | | This video image released by Iraqi state television shows Saddam Hussein's guards wearing ski masks as they lead the deposed leader to the gallows 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) | |
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