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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. | 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. | ||
Hussein also expressed admiration for dictators like [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Stalin]]. | Saddam Hussein also expressed admiration for dictators like [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Joseph Stalin]]. | ||
==Rise to Power, Gulf War, and war on terrorism== | ==Rise to Power, Gulf War, and war on terrorism== | ||