Claim: Video of Iraq's former President Saddam Hussein having a laugh during the pronouncement of his death sentence.
Fact-check: This video of Saddam Hussein laughing in courtroom is not during the pronouncement of his death sentence - FACTLY
Verdict: the video shared in the post does show the visuals from iraq's high tribunal hearing the saddam hussein case, but this hearing took place months before the tribunal had passed a verdict confirming saddam's death sentence in december 2006. while listening to his co-defendant's conversation with chief judge raouf abdul rahman, saddam hussein had a laugh in the courtroom. after the chief judge read out his death verdict, saddam hussein appeared shaken and shouted "allahu akbar!", "long live the people!' and a few slogans against the foreign occupation of iraq. the video shared in the post does not show saddam hussein's emotional moments during the pronouncement of his death sentence. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-11-22T14:08:42