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Saddam Hussein Biography |
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Former President of Iraq |
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Con to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
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"We hope that the attack will not take place. But we are bracing ourselves to meet such an attack, to face it... Even though, God Almighty invites us... and we hope that -- we pray to him that -- the Americans will refrain from such an eventuality -- to avoid both the Americans -- to spare the Americans from committing such a mistake -- and also to spare Iraq and the Iraqi people from being involved in such an experience. And those who would like to ride the bandwagon of evil, it's up to them."
Interview with Dan Rather, CBS News, Feb. 26, 2003
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Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
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President of Iraq, July 16, 1979-Apr. 23, 2003 (date the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), an organization installed by the US military to help rebuild the government and infrastructure of Iraq, was created)
Became Vice-Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, 1969
Vice-President of Iraq, 1968-1979
Promoted to General of the Iraqi Armed Forces, 1976
Lieutenant General of the Iraqi Armed Forces, 1973-1976
Recipient, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Award |
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Attended Baghdad Law College
Attended Cairo University School of Law, 1962-1963 |
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Hanged at approximately 6:06 AM Baghdad time, Dec. 30, 2006
Appeal rejected, death sentence upheld, Dec. 26, 2006
Sentenced to death by hanging by the Iraq Special Tribunal, Nov. 5, 2006
Beginning of trial for the 1982 attack on the town of Dujail (40 km north of Baghdad) and the torture and execution of 137 civilians, June 30, 2004
Captured by US Armed Forces after Operation Iraqi Freedom, Dec. 13, 2003
Ignored UN Security Council warnings to withdraw from Kuwait; started Gulf War against a US-led coalition; ended with Iraqi defeat and UN sanctions placed on Iraq, 1991
Invaded and annexed the Emirate of Kuwait, 1990
Commanded an eight-year war against neighboring Iran with US support, 1980-1988
Inaugurated the first Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1980, Iranian attack earlier that same year delayed construction, and Israeli aircraft bombed and destroyed the facility in 1981
Received the key to the city of Detroit after donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Detroit church, 1979
Led the Arab opposition to the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, 1979
Signed the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union obtaining military aid, 1972
Oversaw the nationalization and seizure of international oil interests, 1972
Imprisoned in Baghdad for conspiratrial activities, 1964-1967
Returned to Iraq with Ba'athist Party in control, 1963
Involved in an assassination plot against the Iraq Prime Minister, General Abdul Karim Quassim; sentenced to death and forced into exile to Egypt, 1959-1961
Joined the revolutionary Pan-Arab Ba’ath Party, 1957
Participated in a failed coup attempt against the King Faisal II monarchy, 1956
Born in a village outside of Tikrit, Iraq on Apr. 28, 1937 |
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