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{{Dictator bio| image =[[ImageFile:Saddam3Saddam Hussein, 1998.jpg|right250px]]|thumbname =Saddam Hussein|birth =April 28, 1937<ref>https://www.geni.com/people/Saddam -Hussein/6000000040682786862</ref><br/>Al-Awja, Iraq| parents =Hussein 'Abid al-Majid<br/>Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat| religion =Islam (Sunni)| education =Cairo Law School, Egypt 1962-65 (dropped out)<br/>University of Baghdad (law degree, 1971)| spouse =Sajida Talfah| children =Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti<br/>Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti<br/>Raghad Saddam<br/>Rana Saddam<br/>Hala Saddam| death =December 30, 2006 <br/>Kadhimiya, Iraq| deathmanner =Executed by hanging| burial =Al-Awja, Iraq| country =[[Iraq]]| military =n/a| rank =n/a| polbeliefs =[[Ba'athist]]| party =[[Ba''Saddam Husseinath Party]]| dictatordate =July 22, 1979| war =[[Iran-Iraq War]]<br/>[[Invasion of Kuwait]]| deathnumber =1,000,000+}}''' Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, ''' (most often referred to as simply Saddam Hussein) (April 28, 1937 – December 30, 2006) was the [[Sunni]] President of [[Iraq]] from July 16, 1979<ref>http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aasaddambio.htm</ref> to December 14, 2003.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3317429.stm</ref>Hussein was a Socialist, following other modern [[Socialist]] movements and the [[Nasser]] model. Sadam He brought change and [[secularization]] to an otherwise faith-based and religiously guided society. Saddam was a social revolutionary , and even appointed Tariq Aziz, a modernizer, following other modern member of the [[SocialistChaldeans]] movements and the Nasser model, as Deputy prime minister from 1983-2003. To the consternation of Islamic conservatives, his government gave women freedoms and offered them high-level government and industry jobs. Saddam Hussein also created a Western-style legal system, making Iraq the only country in the Persian Gulf region not ruled according to traditional Islamic law (Sharia). Saddam Hussein abolished the Sharia law courts, except for personal injury claims.

==Iran -Iraq War== During the 1980s, during the [[Iran-Iraq War]], the [[United States of America|United States]] considered Saddam Hussein to be a friend and assisted him with loans <ref>http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB82/</ref> up until the time of the [[Iranian initiative]] under [[President Ronald Reagan ]] when U.S. policy shifted. Fearing the threat to Iraq's neighbors, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Gulf States if a militarized Iraq under Saddam Hussein emerged from the war intact, the U.S. through intermediaries began selling [[TOW missile]]s to Iran in what has come to be known as the [[Iran/Contra affair]], to break the deadlock and tip the balance in favor Iran.

==On March the 16th 1988 Hussein used Sulfur mustard, [[Sarin]] and [[VX]] to kill his own [[Kurdistan|kurdish]] citizens, though the US Army War on Terror=College said that it was greatly exaggerated. <ref>http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/helms.html</ref><ref>https://www.jstor.org/stable/40276361?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents</ref>

In 2003 a "On January 18, 1991 Hussein ordered to fire scud missiles at the [[coalition of the willingIsrael]]" invaded Iraq to force a change of regime from Saddam's i cities [[Ba'athistTel Aviv]] party to a constitutional liberal democracy. A further aim was to break the alliance between and [[al QaedaHaifa]] and Saddam Husseinat 0300 local time, though this link has never been provenwhen most people were asleep. Nobody was killed and a few people were injured. <ref>[http://wwwnews.weeklystandardbbc.comco.uk/Contentonthisday/Publichi/Articlesdates/000stories/000january/00318/033jgqyinewsid_4588000/4588486.stm 1991: Iraqi Scud missiles hit Israel]. ''BBC''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.asp</ref>In addition, around that time, Saddam Hussein had started moving his chemical weapons stockpiles outside the country to both Jordan and Syria, in an attempt at doing a two-wave chemical weapon attack against Israel.<ref name="Leftist Myth Busted: Saddam Moved WMD from Iraq to Syria">https://theblacksphere.net/2017/04/leftist-myth-busted-saddam-moved-wmd-from-iraq-to-syria/</ref>

Eygptian President ==War on Terror==In 2003 a "[[Hosni Mubarekcoalition of the willing]] and Libyan [[Socialist]] General Secretary [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in negotiations with [[Saddam " invaded Iraq to force a change of regime from Hussein]] relayed a message through Italian Prime Minister 's [[Silvio Berlusconi]] and Spanish President [[Jose Maria AznarBa'athist]] party to UK Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] and US President [[George Wa constitutional liberal democracy. Bush]] that Saddam feared assassination and would be willing to avoid removal by force and voluntarily go into exile, provided Saddam A further aim was allowed to take $1 billion dollars and "all break the information he wants about alliance between [[weapons of mass destructional Qaeda]]." <ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/09/saddam_risked_his_life_for_wmd_1.asp Saddam Risked His Life for WMD Secrets], ''WeeklyStandard.com. Spetember 29, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003646639 Scoop for Spanish Daily: Transcript of Private 2003 Bush Talk Promising Iraq Invasion], ''Editor & Publisher'', September 26, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602414.html Report Says and Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion], He Is Said to Have Sought $1 Billion and Information on Arms, By Karen DeYoung and Michael Abramowitz, ''[[Washington Post]], September 27, 2007; Page A17though this link has never been proven.</ref><ref>[httphttps://www.elpaisweeklystandard.com/articuloContent/espanaPublic/LlegoArticles/momento000/deshacerse000/Sadam003/elpepunac/20070926elpepinac_1/Tes Llegó el momento de deshacerse de Sadam], ''El Pais'', 26/09/2007. (In Spanish)033jgqyi.asp</ref>

==Trial Egyptian President [[Hosni Mubarek]] and ExecutionLibyan [[Socialist]] General Secretary [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in negotiations with Hussein relayed a message through Italian Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]] and Spanish President [[Jose Maria Aznar]] to UK Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] and US President [[George W. Bush]] that Hussein feared assassination and would be willing to avoid removal by force and voluntarily go into exile, provided Hussein was allowed to take $1 billion and "all the information he wants about [[weapons of mass destruction]]".<ref>[https://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/09/saddam_risked_his_life_for_wmd_1.asp Saddam Risked His Life for WMD Secrets], ''WeeklyStandard.com. Spetember 29, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003646639 Scoop for Spanish Daily: Transcript of Private 2003 Bush Talk Promising Iraq Invasion], ''Editor & Publisher'', September 26, 2007.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/26/AR2007092602414.html Report Says Hussein Was Open To Exile Before 2003 Invasion], He Is Said to Have Sought $1 Billion and Information on Arms, By Karen DeYoung and Michael Abramowitz, ''[[Washington Post]], September 27, 2007; Page A17.</ref><ref>[http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Llego/momento/deshacerse/Sadam/elpepunac/20070926elpepinac_1/Tes Llegó el momento de deshacerse de Sadam], ''El Pais'', 26/09/2007. (In Spanish).</ref> However, because he had already moved the stockpiles outside Iraq since 1991 up to a year beforehand (with his using the bursting of the Orontes River in Syria during that time as an excuse to move them via modified 747 and 727 planes to quickly transport them, with some Russian aid), the coalition forces could not find any evidence of WMDs, which caused liberals to falsely claim that Bush lied about the transfer.<ref name= "Leftist Myth Busted: Saddam Moved WMD from Iraq to Syria" />

==Trial and Execution==[[Image:Saddam6.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Saddam Husseinafter his capture, December 2003]]Captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S.-led forces. Saddam held the Islamic book, the Quran, during the trial.<ref>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1240w,f_auto,q_auto:best/msnbc/Components/Photos/051128/051128_saddam_hmed-10236093.jpg</ref> On November 5 , 2006, a tribunal found him and 6 other codefendants co-defendants guilty of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him. He was consequently sentenced to death by hanging. Following the sentence being affirmed on appeal, he was executed on December 30, 2006.  == See also == *[[Ramzan Kadyrov]]

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