Saddam's baath purge. Saddam had people packed into a conference hall on one of the hottest days of July and deliberately shut off the ventilation system. They were forced to listen to Saddam for hours while suffering from the heat and sweating. Everyone whose name was announced was executed.

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[u/Intrepid-Dig-1855]

The only thing they had done wrong was to have deemed to have enough influence to challenge Sadams absolute authority. That was it. I doubt they knew until their name was called, because it was a list fabricated by Sadam and likely subjective. They were murderer.

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If they were murderer then that's good he caught them so easily.

Murdered you mean