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    Saddam Hussein

    Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

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  1. Dec 30, 2006 · 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...

  2. May 2, 2024 · Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nations large oil reserves, canceling a large debt Iraq owed. Saddam Hussein, also spelled Ṣaddām Ḥusayn , (born April 28, 1937, Al-ʿAwjah, Iraq—died Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad), President of Iraq (1979–2003).

  3. Dec 29, 2006 · Saddam Hussein has a long history of using violence to achieve political ends. Read a selective list of events from his life, including milestones leading up to his trial, death sentence and ...

  4. Nov 25, 2016 · 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.

  5. www.encyclopedia.com › history › middle-eastern-history-biographiesSaddam Hussein | Encyclopedia.com

    Hussein, Saddam. views 1,480,336 updated May 21 2018. World Encyclopedia. Hussein, Saddam 1937-2006 BAATH PARTY COMES TO POWER [1] HUSSEIN BECOMES DICTATOR OF IRAQ [2] PAN-ARABISM, OIL, AND THE POLICE STATE [3] WAR WITH IRAN [4] WARS WITH THE UNITED STATES [5] BIBLIOGRAPHY [6] Saddam Hussein [7] was born on April 28, 1937, in the northern town ...

  6. Propaganda. Saddam Hussein fostered a personality cult during his rule to inspire devotion from the Iraqi people. His image was widely circulated and proliferated a range of public spaces. Britain and the US seized the chance to undermine Saddam’s public support during the Gulf War in 1990, by circulating anti-Saddam propaganda.

  7. Saddam Hussein has the dubious distinction of being the best-known Middle Eastern dictator. He ruled Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow and capture by a US-led coalition, in 2003. Born to a peasant family near Tikrit, the teenage Saddam immersed himself in the anti-British, Arab nationalist ideology of the day.

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