Saddam hussein

Saddam, the son of peasants, was born in a village near the city of Tikrīt in northern Iraq. The area was one of the poorest in the country, and Saddam himself grew up in poverty. His father died before he was born, and he went at an early age to live...
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Saddam Hussein's death by hanging at the age of 69 brought closure to some while igniting debates on justice, human rights, and the future of Iraq among Iraqi citizens, the international community, and observers worldwide. His trial was a landmark...
Gulf War. 1991 Iraqi uprisings. Iraqi no-fly zones conflict. Iraq War. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti [c] (28 April 1937 - 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003....
Saddam Hussein (April 28, 1937-December 30, 2006) was the ruthless dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. He was the adversary of the United States during the Persian Gulf War and found himself once again at odds with the U.S. in 2003 during the Iraq...
Early Life. Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, in Tikrit, Iraq. His father, who was a shepherd, disappeared several months before Saddam was born. A few months later, Saddam's older brother died ...
Saddam Hussein Had Oppressed Iraq for More Than 30 Years. By Neil MacFarquhar. Dec. 29, 2006. The hanging death of Saddam Hussein tonight ended the life of one of the most brutal tyrants in recent ...
The Complex Legacy of. Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein led Iraq from 1979 to 2003. During his rule he projected an image of himself as Iraq's most influential leader and a courageous moderniser, but at the same time his repressive regime killed...
Denounced by an informant, they had been the two most wanted men in Iraq after their father. Saddam Hussein in court as he received the death sentence on Nov. 5 for his role in the killing in 1982 ...
Persian Gulf War, (1990-91), international conflict that was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. Iraq's leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that...
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي); April 28, 1937, was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003.. As vice president under his cousin, General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Saddam tightly controlled...
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