Posted AT 8:59 AM EDT on 31/12/06
Hussein defiant in last moments
Baghdad — Deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after U.S. military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached and masked executioners slipped a black cloth and noose around his neck, he grew calm.
In a final moment of defiance, he refused a hood to cover his eyes.
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