Ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death on November 5, 2006 , over the massacre of nearly 150 people 24 years earlier.

The trial came three years after he was removed from office by the US invasion of Iraq.

But despite the dictator having been out of office for years, the violence of his regime created a profound and lingering fear for those involved in the case.

Three of five presiding judges were never identified publicly for their own safety.

The lead prosecutor in the case was also not identified, despite much of the trial being televised.

And the trial was delayed by several witnesses being too frightened to attend for fear for their own safety.

Iraq at the time remained in chaos, beset by sectarian violence including by those still loyal to Hussein.

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