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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was the fifth President of Iraq, serving formally from July 16, 1979 to April 9, 2003. Hussein served key roles in the 1968 coup or Iraq, as well as the Iran–Iraq War and the Gulf War. He was widely condemned for his brutality, and was executed on December 20, 2003 for killing 148 Iraqi Shi'ites in 1982.
328 Questions
Was Saddam Hussein a charismatic leader?
Yes, Saddam Hussein was widely considered to be a charismatic leader. He had the ability to inspire and mobilize his followers, and he cultivated a powerful cult of personality around himself. His charisma played a significant role in his ability to maintain control over Iraq for several decades.
What is Saddam Hussein's political outfit?
Saddam Hussein was a member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, specifically the Iraqi branch. He served as the President of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.
Which Whitney Houston song was Saddam Hussein's theme for his camp?
There is no definitive evidence to suggest that Saddam Hussein had a specific Whitney Houston song as his theme for his camp. It is likely a rumor or misconception.
Where was Saddam Hussein educated?
He studied law at the Cairo Law School in 1962. In 1971, Hussein received his Law Degree from the University of Bagdad. Hope this is what you where looking for.
What happened to Saddam Hussein as a result of the Gulf war?
After the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988; Saddam Hussein consolidated his forces, and rebuilt his military. Two years later he moved his forces into the country of Kuwait to control the oil reserves located there.
Why did Saddam Hussein attack Iran?
There are several reasons why Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in 1980, including:
- Oil-rich regions along the border and access to the Persian Gulf.
- Religion: Saddam Hussein was a Secular Sunni and Ruhollah Khomeini was a Fundamental (Usuli) Shiite
- Government: Ba'athist State vs. Islamic Republic
- Nationalism / Power
- The two countries had a long history of border disputes, going right back to when the countries were the kingdoms of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Persia (Iran).
- Iraq wanted the new and unstable Iranian government to fall.
- Saddam Hussein sought domination of the Middle East.
- Radical Islam threatened to spread into Iraq from Iran.
- Iraq was aiming to replace Iran as the dominant Persian Gulf state
- Saddam Hussein wanted to annex the Ahwaz Arabs (who were under Persian Occupation in Iran)
Why did the US give Saddam Hussein WMDs?
At the time, Iran was a bigger threat to the US, and giving Iran another strong enemy to worry about would help US in it's machinations against Iran.
What key accusation did Saddam Hussein make against Kuwait?
The United States has leveled numerous accusations at Saddam Hussein, so just choosing one is rather odd. However, if you are looking for the accusation which was supposed to justify the Iraq War of 2003-2011, this was the accusation that Saddam had stockpiles of "weapons of mass destruction", generally chemical and biological weapons.
Is Osama bin Laden actually Saddam Hussein?
No he is not. Saddam Hussien was killed in 2006, but there have been sightings of bin Laden since then.
Did the United States regard Saddam Hussein as an ally?
No. Although Iraq began a war with Iran while the Hostage Crisis was ongoing, it was seen by the US government as a war between two brutal dictatorships; both of them unfriendly to the United States, and a war in which the United States wanted neither side to win. Sadaam Hussein in Iraq was never seen as a US ally, any more than the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran was seen as a US ally.
What actors and actresses appeared in The Trial of Saddam Hussein - 2007?
The cast of The Battle for Saddam - 2007 includes: Saddam Hussein as himself
Why did Saddam Hussein attack Kuwait in 1990?
Answer 1
Saddam accused oil companies in Kuwait of slant drilling. The Iraqi oil fields do not extend beneath Kuwait, so American companies drilled at a shallow angle, from Kuwait to within Iraq, to tap into Iraq's oil field. If you had a gold deposit beneath your property, the gold belongs to you, the property owner. If your neighbor digs a tunnel down from their property, then laterally to a point under yours to reach and extract the your gold, that is theft.
Saddam met with April Glaspie, a US Ambassador at the time, to discuss his dispute. Glaspie led Saddam to believe the US would not intervene if Saddam attacked Kuwait, but that was not true. See the link below.
Answer 2
After his war with Iran, Saddam considered himself as victorious for defeating Iran (as he thought). so his ego grew so large that he wanted to get back Kuwait as a part of Iraq!
Of course, the Americans that encouraged him, and helped him to fight the Iranians, opposed him this time, so the operation desert storm happened, and the other Arab governments that supported him with money on Iran, also faced him this time, it was a bad decision for him, strategically, to go to war with both Kuwait and Iran, but he was stupid. we all know how his country and him ended up to be.
Answer 3
To acquire more territory and resources that he believed were justifiably a part of the Iraqi nation.
Also, it is alleged that April Glass of the United States said to the Iraqis that America wouldn't mind.
The official reason is that Iraq had decided to re-annex Kuwait, which was the 19th province of Iraq long ago and Iraq felt it had been taken away illegally.
This is true, but the reason Iraq decided to re-annex Kuwait was the Iraqis caught the Kuwaiti government slant-drilling into Iraq's richest oil field, the al-Rumaila, and ordered them to stop. Kuwait wouldn't stop doing it, so Saddam dealt with the problem.
What was the fate of saddam hussein?
Hussein was found guilty by an Iraq tribunal was executed by hanging.
The cold war ended; there was no nation capable of preventing the US...as the US was the most powerful nation in the world in 1991. With no Soviet Union to prevent operations, with the life blood of the world in the balance (oil), the US requested approval...the UN saw no reason not to agree to it; no one had anything to lose by the decision...except for Iraq.
