Saddam Hussein Assassination Attempt….. July 8, 1982….. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein‘s motorcade is ambushed in Dujail in an assassination attempt. Saddam’s retaliation for this assassination attempt led to his 2006 execution. As Saddam’s motorcade was traveling in Dujail, a dozen gunmen used the cover of the date palm orchards lining both sides of the road to ambush…