As millions watched the statue fall in Baghdad’s Firdos Square, Tim McLaughlin’s American flag came to symbolize victory in Iraq. ... to tear down a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein.

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after three years in U.S. custody, CBS News has confirmed. He died before dawn Saturday in Iraq, which was just before 10 p.m. Friday EST.

When Saddam Hussein's statue toppled down in Firdos Square in downtown Baghdad in April 9, 2003, the image of an American flag covering the face of Hussein's IE 11 is not supported.

An Iraqi man who famously took a sledge hammer to a statue of Saddam Hussein during the U.S. invasion 15 years ago looks back at what has happened to his country since then.

Iraq celebrated President Saddam Hussein's 65th birthday Sunday with an annual display of government-sponsored loyalty whose theme this year was defiance in the face of U.S. determination to ...

Saddam Hussein is led in shackles into an Iraqi courtroom. Getty Images During the summer and fall of 2006, Saddam stood trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal, a court set up by Americans and run ...

Our flag came down and the Iraqi flag went up. I’ll never forget the cheers because, one, it was their flag, and two, it was the pre-Saddam flag from the ‘80s.” Casey’s decision played an ...

In March 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion of Iraq, with a goal of toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime, ...

Under Saddam Hussein, Iraqi artist Alaa Al-Saffar was forced to sculpt large statues to suit the dictator’s whims. Iraqi sculptor once forced to work for Saddam Hussein is trying to build a new ...

Iraq’s U.S.-picked leaders have approved a new flag for the country, dumping the Saddam Hussein-era colors and slogan “God is great” and using symbols of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

On the morning of the start of Eid al-Adha on December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was hanged to death for committing crimes against humanity. CNN values your feedback 1.

When former Marine Lt. Tim McLaughlin packed an American flag into his bags before being deployed to Iraq, he had no idea it would become a piece of history. When Saddam Hussein’s statue toppled ...