The Final Hours of Saddam Hussein — What American Guards Saw

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Saddam Hussein faced his final hours on December 30, 2006, inside Camp Cropper detention facility in Baghdad. This documentary explores Saddam Hussein’s last 24 hours before execution, revealing what American guards witnessed behind closed doors, the secret routines he kept, the prayers he performed, the letters he wrote, and the final requests he made before being led to the gallows.

Through firsthand accounts from U.S. military police known as the “Super Twelve,” this video examines the strange and deeply emotional relationship that developed between Saddam Hussein and the young American soldiers tasked with guarding him. From cigars and chess games to conversations about family, faith, and death, the guards encountered a side of Saddam few expected to see.

We break down Saddam Hussein’s final night step by step: his refusal of sedatives, his final meal, feeding birds through his cell window, reading the Quran, performing Islamic prayers, and requesting a coat so the world would not mistake shivering for fear. The video reconstructs the helicopter transfer to Camp Justice, the execution chamber, the sectarian chanting caught on leaked footage, and the moment Saddam refused the hood and died reciting the Shahada.

This in-depth historical account also explores why some American guards broke down after the execution, how the leaked cell phone video changed global perception of Saddam’s death, and whether his composure was genuine courage or one final act of control over his legacy.

A detailed, chronological documentary covering Saddam Hussein’s execution, the Iraq War’s final chapter, U.S. military detention operations, Islamic death rituals, psychological conflict among soldiers, and the unanswered question that still divides witnesses today: did Saddam Hussein face death as he wished—or as his enemies intended?