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'''Saddam Hussein''' (April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006) was the President of Iraq from 1979 until being overthrown in 2003. Saddam is widely known for his invasion of Iran in 1980, which kickstarted the Iran-Iraq war, his invasion of Kuwait in 1990 for more oil and committing [[genocide]] against Iraq's Kurdish and Shi'a Muslim populations. The death total was 1 million. He is considered to have been one of the most brutal and authoritarian dictators of the modern era. | '''Saddam Hussein''' (April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006) was the President of Iraq from 1979 until being overthrown in 2003, after iraq war started. Saddam is widely known for his invasion of Iran in 1980, which kickstarted the Iran-Iraq war, his invasion of Kuwait in 1990 for more oil and committing [[genocide]] against Iraq's Kurdish and Shi'a Muslim populations. The death total was 1 million. He is considered to have been one of the most brutal and authoritarian dictators of the modern era. | ||
==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||