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[[File:20061106002335487_1-1-.jpg|thumb|Saddam Husein making a speech]]<br />{{Quote|"My name is Saddam Hussein. I am president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate"|- Suddam Hussein to U.S. troopers.}} | [[File:20061106002335487_1-1-.jpg|thumb|Saddam Husein making a speech]]<br />{{Quote|"My name is Saddam Hussein. I am president of Iraq, and I want to negotiate"|- Suddam Hussein to U.S. troopers.}} | ||
'''Saddam Hussein''' (April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006) was the president of Iraq from 1979-2003. He is best known for his invasion of Kuwait for more oil | '''Saddam Hussein''' (April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006) was the president of Iraq from 1979-2003. He is best known for his invasion of Kuwait for more oil and gassing his country. He is one of the best known villains of history today along with [[Osama Bin Laden]] and [[Adolf Hitler]]. | ||
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Saddam was basically moving the country forward while Bakr was leading (somewhat). After moving up in rank several times Saddam was now the second most important person in the country. In 1979 Bakr decided to sign a treaty with Syria uniting the nations, but this would cause Saddam to lose a lot of power. He stressed and threatened Ahamd out of power, and was now the leader of Iraq. Soon after he gathered together 68 Ba'ath leaders who he called "disloyal to him", and killed 22. After a few months, hundreds of high-ranking officials in the Ba'ath Party were executed. Even though he said he was a president, he was obviously a dictator. | Saddam was basically moving the country forward while Bakr was leading (somewhat). After moving up in rank several times Saddam was now the second most important person in the country. In 1979 Bakr decided to sign a treaty with Syria uniting the nations, but this would cause Saddam to lose a lot of power. He stressed and threatened Ahamd out of power, and was now the leader of Iraq. Soon after he gathered together 68 Ba'ath leaders who he called "disloyal to him", and killed 22. After a few months, hundreds of high-ranking officials in the Ba'ath Party were executed. Even though he said he was a president, he was obviously a dictator. | ||
He later invaded Kuwait and killed many people just to get money, Iraq now had one fifth of the worlds oil! worried that Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia and then control twice as much oil, the U.S. the Soviet union and great Britain to name a few invaded Kuwait and pushed his men out. Later U.S. president after 9-11 George W. Bush declared an "axis of evil" (similar to WW2 axis forces) consisting of North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The invasion of Iraq lasted only two weeks before they were defeated. In 2006 he was convicted and genocide and executed by hanging on December 30, 2006. However, with so many followers, the Iraq War continued until late 2011. | He later invaded Kuwait and killed many people just to get money, Iraq now had one fifth of the worlds oil! worried that Iraq would invade Saudi Arabia and then control twice as much oil, the U.S. the Soviet union and great Britain to name a few invaded Kuwait and pushed his men out. Later U.S. president after 9-11 George W. Bush declared an "axis of evil" (similar to WW2 axis forces) consisting of North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The invasion of Iraq lasted only two weeks before they were defeated. In 2006, he was convicted and genocide and executed by hanging on December 30, 2006. His death was video taped and shown on television. He was buried the next day in his hometown, Al-Awja. However, with so many followers, the Iraq War continued until late 2011. | ||
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