Editing Saddam Hussein (section)

==Early Life==
Born Saddam which in Arabic means "one who confronts", he never knew his father who died just 6 months after he was born, and his 13 year old brother soon died of cancer. His mother had reportedly intended to abort him, but a Jewish couple convinced her otherwise. Although he officially used 28 April 1937 as his birth date, his real birthdate is unknown, obtaining this birth date from a classmate he was envious. He is believed to have been born between 1935 and 1939. He then lived with his uncle until he was three, and his mother got remarried. Saddam got three brothers out of this marriage, and a father, but he treated him horribly (Saddam's father in law), and he ran away to his uncle in Baghdad again.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1991/01/25/saddams-roots-an-abusive-childhood/2c5af56e-6413-410b-a1cf-5c215f1f64c2/ Saddam's Roots An Abusive Childhood], ''The Washington Post''</ref> Later he got an education at a nationalistic Iraqi high school, and went to law school for three years after which he dropped out to join the pan-Arab [[Ba'ath Party]], which his uncle supported.

Apparently he was a secondary school teacher at this time. Later socialists and progressives were trying to rise to power, in fact in Egypt a pan-Arab had already gotten control. Now in Egypt, Libya, and Iraq monarchies were overthrown. After being sent to prison, he married Sajida Talfah, whom he bore several children, including [[Uday Hussein|Uday]] and [[Qusay Hussein|Qusay]]. In Iraq the military leader [[Abd al-Karim Qasim]] overthrew the government, and created himself a dictatorship. Saddam Hussein was part of the plot to assassinate him (which failed) due to the fact that his party disagreed with his view. 

Saddam Hussein also expressed admiration for dictators like [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Stalin]].