In footage from Iraqi state television, Saddam Hussein is seen being led to the gallows by guards wearing ski masks moments before his execution Saturday.
Saddam refused to wear a hood in a last gesture of defiance.
Saddam held a Koran and is reported to have called out 'God is great' before the rope was placed around his neck.
The Iraqi state television footage cut away just before Saddam's execution.
Iraqi private network Biladi TV showed the dead body of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein draped in a white shroud after his pre-dawn execution Saturday.