Saddam Hussein gets the death penalty!!!!!

Trembling and defiant, Saddam Hussein shouts "God Is Great" after his verdict is read.
He was sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity.

Iraqis celebrate the death sentence verdict for the former leader
in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City Sunday.

Chief Judge Raouf Adbul-Rahman addresses Saddam in court. If the sentence
is upheld by a panel of judges, the execution must be carried out within 30 days.

Celebratory gunfire rings out after the verdict in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood.
It is expected to enrage hard-liners among Saddam's fellow Sunnis.

Iraqis at a Baghdad hotel watch Saddam during his court appearance Sunday.
He yelled, "Long live the glorious nation, and death to its enemies!"

Iraqis celebrate the guilty verdict in the Shiite Sadr city neighborhood in Baghdad.
Fierce backlash from the verdict was feared throughout Iraq.

The former Iraqi leader stood trial for the 1982 executions of 148 men and boys
in the Shiite village of Dujail, the site of a failed attempt to assassinate him.

Iraqi policemen and soldiers celebrate the guilty verdict in the Shiite
holy city of Najaf south of Baghdad.

Iraqi bills from Saddam's regime are for sale in Baghdad. Throughout the trial,
Saddam insisted he was still president.

The trial had moments of drama. Saddam lashed out in court and at one
point and went on a hunger strike in protest of the proceedings.

The Monster of Iraq finally gets his just desserts!!!