Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937 in Tikrit, Iraq. His father disappeared before he was born. Then soon after he was born his older brother died of cancer. His mom decided that she could not raise him and at age three she sent him to live with his uncle in Baghdad. Years later he would return to his mom, but after being abused by his stepdad, he went fled back to his Uncle Khairallah Talfah. At the age of 20, Saddam joined the Ba'ath party whose goal was to unify the Arab states. Two years later, in 1959, the party tried to assassinate the Iraqi president at the time. He was shot in the leg and many others were shot or tried and executed. He hid in Syria and Egypt. While in Egypt, he attended law school. In 1963, Saddam returned to Iraq, and starting climbing in politics. He was arrested after a year, but that didn't stop him. He kept gaining in rank. In 1968, Saddam became the presidents deputy and successfully modernized Iraq's industries, infrastructure, and health care system. He also raised social service, energy subsities, and education. Finally he nationalized Iraq's oil industry. But, during that time He created a chemical weapons program and made a brutal army known for rape and assassination. In 1979, Saddam became president. His first action was to have his political enemies executed for treason. After the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam invaded Iran, because he was afraid the revolution would spread to Iraq. After eight years they declared a cease fire. The war had ruined Iraq's infrastructure and economy. In '91 Saddam wanted money for the econmy, so he invaded the wealthy country of Kuwait. The Un put economic sanctions on Iraq and Iraq left. After 9/11 people believed that Iraq was developing WMDs and planning future terrorism. By 2003 Iraq had fallen, but Saddam eluded capture. In December of that year, he was caught and tried. Three years later, he was hung for crimes against humanity. He was buried in his birthplace a day later.
I think he tricked a lot of people for a long time. He had some good ideas, but if you apposed him you would die.
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