 The scene was at once macabre and riveting. One of the most notorious dictators of the late 20th century, his hands bound behind him, was led up the stairs of the gallows by masked men in leather coats. A few seconds later, a trapdoor snapped open and with a crash Saddam was dead. He may have been the first chief of state executed in the age of the Internet and the camera phone. Probably because of that, his death was graphically documented on video, and available worldwide, within hours. By several accounts, Saddam was calm but scornful of his captors, exchanging taunts and accusations with the crowd gathered to watch him die insisting that he was Iraq's savior, not its tyrant and scourge. State television did not broadcast footage of the actual hanging. But camera phone video, posted in full or in part on several Web sites, picked up where the TV coverage left off. In the videos, Saddam calmly recited verses from the Quran in a calm, clear voice as the trap door opened....
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