Which "Hussein"?
If you are referring to Saddam, Hussein is not his last name, but his father's name. (He is called Saddam Hussein as a shorthand for Saddam son of Hussein.) When Saddam was in power, he controlled every facet of the government.
THE PERSIAN GULF WAR OF 1990-1991 began after Saddam Hussein led an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
The Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein did not permit the UN Weapons Inspectors to supervise and examine all of the sites that the inspectors believed could have biological or chemical weapons.
No. Saddam Hussein was Sunni, which did not endear him to the Shiites in Iraq or to the Shiite leadership in Iran. However, there were a large number of Shiites in the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein who gave their lives in loyalty to their country (even against Iran).
No. Saddam Hussein was Sunni, which did not endear him to the Shiites in Iraq or to the Shiite leadership in Iran. However, there were a large number of Shiites in the Iraqi Army under Saddam Hussein who gave their lives in loyalty to their country (even against Iran).
The two pieces of the question do not fit together. The "religious group comprises a majority of Iraqi population" was the Twelver Shiite Muslims and the "religious group that held political authority and economic power under the Saddam Hussein" was the Sunni Muslims. The Sunnis were an empowered minority while the Shiites were a powerless majority.
Tariq Aziz, Iraq's Foreign Minister under Saddam Hussein, was 79 years old when he died in an Iraqi prison on June 6, 2015 (born April 28, 1936).
Theoretically, Iraqi citizens have the right to vote on their politicians, but much more of the Iraqi political process is controlled by political gangs and offset by the current war with Islamic State. Iraqi Kurdistan is de facto independent and the people there have much more relevance on political issues, but Iraqi Kurdistan is more-or-less under one-party control from the PUK.
This is a asian countryu. It is under the srilankan government.
The Kurds have never had their own government in Iraq separate from the Iraqi government since the independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq in 1923 (and subsequent Iraqi States). However, Kurds had autonomy under the Ottoman Empire in what would become northern Iraq (or Iraqi Kurdistan). The Kurds have never had complete independence from the Iranians, Turks, Iraqis, or Syrians.
Under a planned economy, all productive resources are government owned and controlled. This type of economy is also called a command economy.
Operation Desert Storm was the US-led coalition response to Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait. The stated goals of the Operation were: 1 - destroy Iraqi capability to produce and employ weapons of mass destruction 2 - destroy Iraqi offensive military capability 3 - cause the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait 4 - restore the legitimate government of Kuwait.
According to regulating act the government in india was to be under the governer general