On December 13, 2003, U.S. forces captured ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Operation Red Dawn.

Upon Hussein’s capture, President George W. Bush said, “In the history of Iraq, a dark and painful era is over.”

Many contested the U.S.-led war waged on Iraq and its place in the “War on Terror.” No one, however, contested the capacity for evil of the volatile Saddam. He was a ruthless dictator who used chemical weapons on his own citizens, executed hundreds of thousands of people, and terrified his Arab neighbors.

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	Saddam Hussein insisted that flattering murals like this one be placed throughout Iraq.