Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=AMf1ylEnZoP Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Saddam Husseins Very Public Purge [d8WF4Mrw4YK] Health Updated on August 10, 2026 EDT — Published on August 10, 2026 EDT Shortly after assuming the Presidency of Iraq in July 1979, Saddam Hussein convened a gathering of his Ba'ath Party leaders and publicly had 68 of them removed for alleged treason. Twenty-two of them were subsequently sentenced to death by firing squad. Subscribe to American Heroes Channel: qSn8TvW8oX9 rt2HRBWEccX 8wDy3RBbRAu ulEOBE7XbHt rRkSfEfQsbO tiZGOJaOD7e
Shortly after assuming the Presidency of Iraq in July 1979, Saddam Hussein convened a gathering of his Ba'ath Party leaders and publicly had 68 of them removed for alleged treason. Twenty-two of them were subsequently sentenced to death by firing squad. Subscribe to American Heroes Channel: qSn8TvW8oX9 rt2HRBWEccX 8wDy3RBbRAu ulEOBE7XbHt rRkSfEfQsbO tiZGOJaOD7e