صدام حسين المجيد التكريتي Today's Pictures: The Capture of Saddam

On this day in 2003, U.S. forces captured former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who’d been on the run for months
Some images of Iraq during his rule and demise

IRAQ—A destroyed portrait of Saddam Hussein, 1985

BAGHDAD, Iraq—The Saddam Arts Center prepares an exhibition of 80 commissioned portraits of Saddam for the referendum, 2002

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Reproductions of a painting commissioned by the Saddam Arts Center for the
referendum for Saddam—100 percent turnout and 100 percent “yes” votes—from contemporary Iraqi
artists, 2002

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Reproductions of a painting commissioned by the Saddam Arts Center for the
referendum for Saddam—100 percent turnout and 100 percent “yes” votes—from contemporary Iraqi artists, 2002

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Reproductions of a painting commissioned by the Saddam Arts Center for the
referendum for Saddam—100 percent turnout and 100 percent “yes” votes—from contemporary Iraqi
artists, 2002

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Screen shots of Iraqi TV. The state-controlled TV channels show music programs with a a handful of singers performing patriotic songs, military parades, and endlessly repeating footage of Saddam, 2002

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Screen shots of Iraqi TV. The state-controlled TV channels show music programs with a handful of singers performing patriotic songs, military parades, and endlessly repeating footage of Saddam, 2002

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Shiites from Saddam City loot government buildings, April 9, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq—U.S. Marines camp inside one of Saddam's main palaces, April 19, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq—People throw stones at a burning poster of Saddam, April 10, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq—Iraqis and U.S. Marines pull down a Saddam statue, April 9, 2003

BAGHDAD, Iraq—First big Friday prayers in the Shiite community after the fall of Saddam, April 18, 2003

IRAQ—TV shots of Saddam’s arrest, Dec. 15, 2003