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May 15, 2019 · Saddam Hussein (April 28, 1937–December 30, 2006) was the ruthless dictator of Iraq from 1979 until 2003. He was the adversary of the United States during the Persian Gulf War and found himself once again at odds with the U.S. in 2003 during the Iraq War. Captured by U.S. troops, Saddam Hussein was put on trial for crimes against humanity (he ...
Jul 21, 2010 · Saddam Hussein was born into a poor family in Tikrit, 100 miles outside of Baghdad, in 1937. After moving to Baghdad as a teenager, Saddam joined the now-infamous Baath party, which he would later ...
Capture of Saddam Hussein. Samir, a 34-year-old Iraqi-American military interpreter who helped find Saddam and pull him from his hideaway in December 2003. / 34.47278°N 43.78139°E / 34.47278; 43.78139. Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq on 13 December ...
The Complex Legacy of. Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein led Iraq from 1979 to 2003. During his rule he projected an image of himself as Iraq’s most influential leader and a courageous moderniser, but at the same time his repressive regime killed thousands of people. Saddam was overthrown in April 2003 following the US-led invasion of Iraq, and ...
Saddám Husajn. Saddám Husajn Abd al-Madžíd al-Tikrítí alebo Saddám Takrít Husajn, (po arabsky: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي - ṣaddám ḥusajn ʿabdu-l-maǧíd al-tikrítí) (* 28. apríl 1937, Tikrít – † 30. december 2006, Bagdad) bol iracký prezident od 16. júla 1979 do 9. apríla 2003, keď bol ...
Oct 17, 2013 · Saddam Hussein captured 10 years ago —. Ten years ago on December 14, 2003, U.S. troops found former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein hiding in a farmhouse cellar, or "spider hole," in Adwar, Iraq ...
Saddam Hussein. Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) [1] [2] was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who was the fifth president of Iraq, from July 1979 to April 2003. He was 58th and 61st prime minister of Iraq, serving respectively from July 1979 to March 1991 and from May 1994 to April 2003.
