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Why didn't Iraqis like Saddam Hussein?
Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti was Iraq's Fifth President from 1979 until 2003. (Note: al-Tikriti is his last name, not Hussein, which is his father's name, so it is proper to refer to Saddam Hussein as Saddam or al-Tikriti, but not Hussein.) He distinguished himself as a cunning totalitarian monster who ruled Iraq through iron-fisted laws, domestic militancy, and mass persecution of minorities. This is not unlike totalitarian monsters in other countries, who ruled similarly. (like Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic or Argentina's Juan Perón). It is this violence and totalitarianism that made Saddam Hussein virulently disliked.
Who was the leader of Iraq during the Gulf War?
Ultimately found like a trapped rat in a hole in the ground, the late brutal dictator Saddam Hussein had been the fifth President of Iraq, "serving" from July 16, 1979 to April 9, 2003. The Gulf War ran from August 2, 1990 to February 28, 1991. He was executed by hanging on December 30, 2006.See the related Wikipedia link(s) listed below for more information:
Does Saddam Hussein like music?
He does like rap especially.
Did Saddam Hussein like led zeppelin?
No, that is a myth spread by Led Zeppelin haters. Saddam Hussein never listened to Led Zeppelin.
Goal for us invasion into Iraq?
The United States didn't want to invade Iraq for their oil. (that was the earlier answer) The reason why the United States interfered was this: Kuwait and Iraq share oil fields, and every so often, each country is allowed to take a certain amount of oil from the fields. Then, Saddam Hussein decided that he wanted more than his fair share of oil. He wanted all of it. So he blamed Kuwait for taking more oil than allowed, to start a conflict that he might win. The United States thought that this wasn't a good idea, and they decided to invade Iraq to help Kuwait. (the answer to the question) The United States fought on Kuwait's side until Iraq and Saddam Hussein realized that they couldn't win. The Saddam Hussein did something so incredibly stupid. He burned all of the oil! Hussein was acting like a big baby, saying "If I can't have it, no one can!" The United States still won, but the disappointing part was that Hussein remained in power. When the troops returned, the American citizens provided overwhelming support for them. I hope you meant the first invasion, and I !!
Why did Barack Obama get the middle name Hussein Who is he named after or for Or did his parents just like the sound of the name?
Hussein is a name of Arabic origin, with the meanings "good" or "handsome one", and is a Royal name in the kingdom of Jordan. It is a common surname in Arabic nations. The name has derived negative connotations mainly from its connection to Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), the deposed and executed dictator of Iraq.
Why did members of congress vote for military action in the persian gulf?
Because they didn't like Saddam Hussein.
What two religious or ethnic groups were kept down by Saddam Hussein's dictatorship?
The Kurds (an ethnic group) and the Shiite Arabs (a religious group) were the most prominent of Saddam Hussein's ethnic/religious adversaries, but many smaller groups like the Marsh Arabs, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Turcomans (Iraqi Turkmen), the Jews, the Yazidis, Catholics, etc. were also targeted by Saddam Hussein.
Why did Saddam Hussein attack the Kurds?
Saddam Hussein, strapped for cash due to his eight-year war in Iran on behalf of the U.S., decided to regain Kuwait as a means of increasing his income. Kuwait had been carved out of southern Iraq by British troops. When asked her thoughts on this move, U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie replied that the U.S. government had "no opinion" and that the matter of Kuwait was not associated with North America. But when he moved his troops into Kuwait, President George H.W. Bush mobilized a United Nations force against him, backed by a U.S. $4 billion secret fund provided by his business associates in Saudi Arabia.Answer1. misreading position of US Before the invasion of Kuwait, Saddam Hussein had met with the American ambassador to discuss the problems Iraq had with Kuwait. From the meeting, Saddam Hussein believed that the Americans were sympathetic to Iraq's situation and were not likely to go to Kuwait's aid. this might have encouraged the Iraqi leader to think that he would not face severe consequences.2. Saddam Hussein's leadershipSaddam Hussein, a Sunni Muslim, had always seen himself as a great leader of the Arab world. In his eyes, Kuwait's repeated refusals to give in to Iraqi demands were seen as defiance and a personal attack on him.Saddam Hussein was also worried that there would be an uprising in Iraq against him, especially by the Shi'a Muslims, who formed the majority in Iraq. the Iran-Iraq war had left the Iraqi economy and country devastated. Although Saddam Hussein claimed that the war with Iran had been a success, it did not appear to his people. prices of basic necessities were extremely high and the people were unhappy with him. moreover, the Iraqi government had built up a large army numbering a million personnel during the war. Saddam Hussein feared that the Iraqi army would turn against him if the situation in Iraq did not improve.He is person who is filled with ambitions and would not like others to defy against him. he wants everyone to do at his bidding. to prevent defiance, Hussein had to be very firm.3. Iraq's official reason4. worsening relationshipAfter Saddam ended his war with Iran, Iraq was in debt. Many accusations were thrown at Kuwait, 1st it was Kuwait was stealing oil from Iraq (Kuwait is an oil rich country) after that, Saddam claimed that Kuwait is a part of Iraq. That's when he cowardly invaded a small neighbor, and was forced out of Kuwait at Feb 26 1991 where his so called brave soldiers were running away back to Iraq.To get access to oil and control more land and power
How did terrorism in Iraq start?
America made the dictator Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq. without America he wouldn't have been the president. Lots of countries started to attack Iraq, like Saudi Arabia etc. Saddam on his first day of being president, he killed his best and close friends and did as if he was crying about them (he, the idiot forgot that he decided to do so). Then killed the husbands of his daugthers, then started to kill everyone that he hates especially shia iraqis and kurd iraqis. until he made us go out of Iraq, living far away from our families
Do Iraq and other countries get along?
The relations between the Islamic Iranian Government and Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist Regime never improved. At best, they were able to sit together at OPEC and coordinate oil pricing and not engage in further belligerence. Since the United States has deposed Saddam Hussein, and the government of Iraq is re-forming, Iran has begun normalizing relations with Iraq. Now there are numerous trade agreements and state visits between the two countries and Shi'a Moslems in Iran are allowed to make pilgrimages to Shi'a Holy Sites in Iraq (like those in Karbala and An-Najaf).
Was Saddam Hussein cooperating with Al-Qaeda during the Iraq war?
Saddam Hussein was actually ideologically opposed to everything Al-Qaeda stood for. He never desired or cared for religion, let alone religious politics or Islamism. Saddam Hussein was an ardent Nationalist Secularist and opposed the Internationalist Islamist agenda of Al-Qaeda. Both are notably violent philosophies and both are in the Islamic World, but that is where the similarity ends. Both people/organizations had a fundamentally different view of the world and therefore were not aligned. He did not like the idea of having to give control to small cells that he could not control directly, and he did not like the idea of directly antagonizing the West. (Many of the things he did antagonized the West, but he did not do those things desiring confrontation.) Saddam Hussein's goal was regional supremacy and had no interest in the worldwide regime change advocated by Al-Qaeda. The only reason a relationship developed between Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda after the start of the war is that it quickly became clear that the Iraqi Army could not hold back the American Army and that a guerilla war would be the only viable resistance to foreign occupation. Since Al-Qaeda excels at that type of warfare, he extended an invitation for them to come in, but this occurred only AFTER the Iraq War began.
