Saddam executed after the Dujail trial

Captured by US forces in December 2003, Saddam Hussein was tried by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the 1982 Dujail massacre of 148 Shia villagers and executed by hanging on 30 December 2006. The rushed, sectarian-tinged execution — filmed and leaked — closed the Ba'athist era but deepened Sunni–Shia grievances in the new Iraq.

Referenced entities

Parties

Ba'ath Party (Iraq)

Politicians

Saddam Hussein head-of-state

Sources

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Saddam executed after the Dujail trial [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/da1a7ed6-a62c-4238-8809-4ef52f57f703

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Saddam executed after the Dujail trial." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/da1a7ed6-a62c-4238-8809-4ef52f57f703.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-da1a7ed6-a62c-4238-8809-4ef52f57f703,
  title     = {{Saddam executed after the Dujail trial}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/da1a7ed6-a62c-4238-8809-4ef52f57f703},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2006-12-30. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2006-12-30. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.