I grew up watching the first war with this guy. I grew watching the pictures of the dead Kurds. I grew up watching the oil fires. And now a man who started 3 regional wars is dead.

His death while largely inconsequential strikes a certain cord in the hearts of millions of people around the world and it is that cord that vibrates strong enough to make the most consequential event in 2006.

Here are pictures of him heading into the gallows: