what is the saddam history?

Answer 1

Saddam Hussein was born in the town of Al-Awja, 8 miles (13 km) from the Iraqi town of Tikrit in the Sunni Triangle, to a family of shepherds. His mother, Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat, named her newborn son "Saddam", which in Arabic means "One who confronts". He never knew his father, Hussein 'Abd al-Majid, who disappeared six months before Saddam was born. Shortly afterward, Saddam's 13-year-old brother died of cancer, leaving his mother severely depressed in the final months of the pregnancy. Saddam's mother also tried to abort the baby by attempting suicide. The infant Saddam was sent to the family of his maternal uncle, Khairallah Talfah, until he was three.[4]

His mother remarried, and Saddam gained three half-brothers through this marriage. His stepfather, Ibrahim al-Hassan, treated Saddam harshly after his return. At about the age of 10, Saddam fled the family and returned to live in Baghdad with his uncle, Kharaillah Tulfah. Tulfah, the father of Saddam's future wife, was a devout Sunni Muslim. Later in his life, relatives from his native Tikrit would become some of his closest advisors and supporters. According to Saddam, he learned many things from his uncle, a militant Iraqi nationalist. Under the guidance of his uncle, he attended a nationalistic secondary school in Baghdad. In 1957, at age 20, Saddam joined the revolutionary pan-Arab Ba'ath Party, of which his uncle was a supporter.

Revolutionary sentiment was characteristic of the era in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. The stranglehold of the old elites (the conservative monarchists, established families, and merchants) was breaking down in Iraq. Moreover, the populist pan-Arab nationalism of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt would profoundly influence the young Ba'athist, even up to the present day. The rise of Nasser foreshadowed a wave of revolutions throughout the Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s, which would see the collapse of the monarchies of Iraq, Egypt, and Libya. Nasser challenged the British and French, nationalized the Suez Canal, and strove to modernize Egypt and unite the Arab world politically.

In 1958, a year after Saddam had joined the Ba'ath party, army officers led by General Abdul Karim Qassim overthrew Faisal II of Iraq. The Ba'athists opposed the new government, and in 1959, Saddam was involved in the attempted United States-backed plot to assassinate Qassim.[12]

Saddam was shot in the leg, but escaped to Tikrit with the help of CIA and Egyptian intelligence agents. Saddam then crossed into Syria and was transferred to Beirut for a brief CIA training course. From there he moved to Cairo where he made frequent visits to the American embassy. During this time the CIA placed him in a upper-class apartment observed by CIA and Egyptian operatives. (UPI 'analysis' article)

He was sentenced to death in absentia. Saddam studied law at the Cairo University during his exile.

Read more... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein

Answer 2

Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq for the past two decades, has the dubious distinction of being the world's best known and most hated Arab leader.

And in a region where despotic rule is the norm, he is more feared by his own people than any other head of state.

A former Iraqi diplomat living in exile summed up Saddam's rule in one sentence: "Saddam is a dictator who is ready to sacrifice his country, just so long as he can remain on his throne in Baghdad." Few Iraqis would disagree with this. Although none living in Iraq would dare to say so publicly.

The Iraqi people were forced to consume a daily diet of triumphalist slogans, fattened by fawning praise of the president.

He is portrayed as a valiant knight leading the Arabs into battle against the infidel, or as an eighth-century caliph who founded the city of Baghdad. Evoking the glory of Arab history, Saddam claims to be leading his people to new glory.

The reality looks very different. Iraq is bankrupt, its economy and infrastructure shattered by years of economic sanctions imposed by the United Nations following the invasion of Kuwait.

Saddam was deposed by the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq, and captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003. On November 5, 2006, he was convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraq Special Tribunal and was sentenced to death by hanging.

Answer 3

because it doesn't in high quality condition into the message of Bush protecting the rustic hostile to terrorists and those who supported it like Saddam. bypass to you-tube, and have a seem on the speech that Senator Al Gore presented even as he became operating for President in 1992. also seem up kinds of international Terrorism 1994. also, the human beings who tried to blow up the international commerce midsection the first time fled to Iraq once they left the U. S.. also look into the assessments that Saddam gave to households of homicide bombers who blew up Jews contained in the midsection East. also look into Salman Pak, which became a terrorist preparation floor in Iraq the position they'd the fuselage of a 707 purely so that they could learn on the thanks to take over an airplane.

Answer 4

saddam is the prime minister of iraq .........he has oil and the the oil wells ............bush and US needs a lot of oil so they capture saddam and try to capture iraq tooo for oil simple .

US is smart........by capturing iraq it can get the best deal on oil ......................so kill saddam simple

Answer 5

SADDAM HUSSAIN WAS PRESIDENT OF IRAQ AND NOW HE IS IN THE CUSTODY OF USA FORCES.

Answer 6

saddam hussian is the one of the ruller in IRAQ, he is ex president of iraq,he estblished BATH party in IRAQ ,in 1973 he takes powers of iraqi government, he's one of the cruel ,1982 Dujail is the one of the part of the iraq,some persons attacked to attemptive murder but saddm hussian missed ,and he rival against to the murderers and supporters ,he decided to HANG the 141 members of the shiyas peoples, and after again he attacks IRAN in 1984,and supports to america ,saddam is the one of the follower of america government.


he deafet ed to against war of iraq ,his country loss
lot of wealth ,so many sourcesof petrolium mines,after iran war results iraq is the poor country,he thinking how to remove this situation .

saddam decided to barrow money to QUWAIT , ,quwait government sayed i have no money,saddam very angry and he goesto against war to quwait in 1991,america is the one of the supporter of the quwait ,total war is the USA Vs IRAQ after war iraq smashed.

USA government declaers saddam is the one the dictators in world,so many incidents saddam opposites to usa , after attacks the WTC (11-9-2001)american's decided to war against terrarisom .

in that situation saddam against activites to USA, so USA attacks to iraq in23rd march 2003.american's takes to charges of the iraq administration,after some months OPERATION REDDON saddam surrender the police of the iraqi govrenment,

so many incidents of the american iraq government decided to the against charge sheet of the saddam ,because in 1982 he hanged the 141 members at DUJAIL,somany legal procedetures iraq government decieded to hang the saddam

Answer 7

wikipedia.org/saddam