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    Saddam Hussein

    Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

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  1. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He also served as prime minister of Iraq from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003.

  2. Apr 24, 2024 · Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Al-ʿAwjah, Iraq—died December 30, 2006, Baghdad) was the president of Iraq (1979–2003) whose brutal rule was marked by costly and unsuccessful wars against neighbouring countries.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq for more than two decades and is seen as a figurehead of the country's military conflicts with Iran and the United States. Updated: Apr 14, 2021 Photo:...

  4. The execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein took place on 30 December 2006. Saddam was sentenced to death by hanging , after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal for the Dujail massacre —the killing of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in the town of Dujail —in 1982, in retaliation for an assassination ...

  5. May 15, 2019 · Jennifer Rosenberg. Updated on May 15, 2019. 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 War.

  6. 6 days ago · Iraq’s leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered the invasion and occupation of Kuwait with the apparent aim of acquiring that nation’s 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).

  7. May 18, 2018 · views 2,894,050 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 of Tikrit, Iraq ...

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