Hussein, Saddam
(b. 1937), president of Iraq since 1979. Saddam Hussein presides over one of the most repressive regimes in the Middle East. He was born near Takrit, a small town on the Tigris about o...
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Saddam Hussein (born 1937), the socialist president of the Iraqi Republic beginning in 1979 and strongman of the ruling Baa'th regime beginning in 1968, was known for his political shrewdness and abil...
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Saddam Hussein was, until recently, the president of Iraq. He is the most recognized, and the most vicious, leader of Iraq that ever existed. He did anything possible to ensure his title as ruler, and...
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Saddam Hussein has not really cared about the country he governors. Before Saddam came to power, Iraq was a thriving country with schools and hospitals and jobs. Now, The schools, that are still runni...
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He is the leader of his country. He uses fear of brutality and torment to rule. He has maliciously killed millions of people. Almost all of them are citizens of his country. Many were tormented or bea...
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Sixty- six year old Saddam Hussein was recently found on December 14, 2003, eight months after the fall of Baghdad. Even though Saddam said earlier he would never give up, he was discovered hiding in...
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fá Saddam Hussein was born on April 28th 1937 in the village of Al Awja in the Tikrit district of Iraq in a family of sheepherders. His mother tried an abortion for her pregnancy, but failed and ...
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A nephew of Saddam Hussein serving a life sentence for financing insurgents and possessing bombs escaped from prison Saturday in northern Iraq with the help of a police officer, authorities said.Se...
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Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners before dawn Saturday. But as his final moments approached and masked executioners slipped a bla...
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Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached and masked executioners slipped a black cloth and noose ar...
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Saddam Hussein struggled briefly after American military guards handed him over to Iraqi executioners. But as his final moments approached, he grew calm. He clutched a Quran as he was led to the ga...
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The trial of an alleged "sleeper agent" for Saddam Hussein's intelligence service began Tuesday with a federal prosecutor accusing him of spying on Iraqi dissidents in the United States.Sami Latchi...
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Saddam Hussein's voice wafted through a courtroom Wednesday as tapes were played from a 1990 meeting with a former Texas governor and an oilman now accused of paying millions of dollars to Iraqi of...
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Within days of taking power, Saddam Hussein summoned about 400 top officials and announced he had uncovered a plot against the ruling party. The conspirators, he said, were in that very room. As th...
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Saddam Hussein's half brothers visited him in his jail cell and he gave them his will, Iraqi officials said Friday, indicating his execution may be approaching. But they said he had yet to be trans...
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Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter briefly attended a protest against her father's execution on Monday, her first public appearance since he was hanged.Raghad Saddam Hussein stopped in at the demonst...
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