Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937Death ...
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the CIA, and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq, Steve Coll, Penguin Press, 576 pages Saddam Hussein was the first person I saw die on television.
Learn how Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist for almost 30 years. To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few other dictators in history, but he made the fatal ...
To many people living in the Middle East, Saddam Hussein was simply the "lesser of the two evils." Arab nationalism, even under the shabby state of the former Iraqi leader, remained important ...
His opposition intensified following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, which heightened Saddam’s fears of a Shiite-led uprising in Iraq. In 1980, as the government moved against Shiite ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Boys sit next to a mural of Shiite clerics Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, left, and Mohammad Sadiq al-Sadr, right ...
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