2006-12-30 02:38:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
he did what Bush is doing now a days.
2006-12-30 02:41:24 · answer #1 · answered by Purple Rain 4 · 1⤊ 6⤋
He was a murderer to his own people (this is based on fact, not some filth Bush is pushing).
In March of 1988, Saddam ordered a chemical attack on the people of Halabja. This was one of the worst (but definately not the only) attacks of the Iraqi regime. In one day, about 5000 civilians (75% of whom were women and children) were instantly killed.
In addition to the Halabja massacre, there have been hundreds of mass graves (a total of several thousands of bodies) found, believed to be the results of attacks ordered by Saddam Hussein.
Whether you believe the war we're currently involved in is justified or not, I think just about anyone who has heard of what Saddam Hussein was actually responsible for can agree that he got what he deserved.
2006-12-30 02:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by CrazyChick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is a sample:
Within days of taking power, Saddam Hussein summoned about 400 top officials and announced he had uncovered a plot against the ruling party. The conspirators, he said, were in that very room.
As the 42-year-old Saddam coolly puffed on a cigar, names of the plotters were read out. As each name was called, secret police led them away. Some of the bewildered men cried out "long live Saddam Hussein" in a futile display of loyalty.
Twenty-two of them were executed. To make sure Iraqis got the word, Saddam videotaped the entire proceeding and distributed copies across the country.
The plot claim was a lie. But in a few terrifying minutes on July 22, 1979, Saddam eliminated his potential rivals, consolidating the power he wielded until the Americans and their allies drove him from office a generation later.
No one was safe. His two sons-in-law were killed on Saddam's orders after they defected to Jordan but returned in 1996 after receiving guarantees of safety.
Such brutality kept him in power through war with Iran, defeat in Kuwait, rebellions by northern Kurds and southern Shiite Muslims, international sanctions, plots and conspiracies.
2006-12-30 02:45:00 · answer #3 · answered by River 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Saddam Hussein and his regime were known for killing and torturing, and in some cases raping, innocent people, including massacres of both Kurds and Iraqis. For some specific incidents of these crimes, he was tried and found guilty.
But the terrorists were equally against him. Since he was "too secular" he was also constantly under threat of attack by the same extreme fundamental Muslim forces that fault the U.S. for not being a Muslim state.
So he killed innocent people along with others, because like Bush and U.S. forces, he could not tell which people were plotting against him, either those seeking to return Iraq to democracy or those secretly in line with terrorists trying to set up a Muslim state.
He took over power by force, and was caught in the middle between enemies on both sides, who still fight for control of Iraqi interests.
2006-12-30 03:02:29 · answer #4 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the news, and watch it. Last night Anderson Cooper did a recap of Saddam's reign of terror. For example, he invited all of the leaders of the various groups to a meeting, locked the room, then brought out a list of those who were supposedly trying to assassinate him, and arrested then had killed over 200.
He ordered the gassing of kurdish settlements.
He ordered the bombing of a town where someone came from that tried to assasinate him,
He personnally shot one of his opponents.
He stole billions from his people and eleveted himself to god status while his people starved in the oil rich nation.
Not a very nice guy.
2006-12-30 02:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no question that he was a brutal dictator, who terrorized Iraq to stay in power.
There's a famous film of the Iraqi legislature when Saddam took power. He had someone read out names of representatives, each of whom was walked out of the room, and then presumably tortured and killed (never to be heard from again). This ensured that he would have full support for anything he did in the future (clever, huh?).
The list of his 'crimes against humanity' is quite long, and no doubt of his guilt.
However- in the grand scheme of things, it's pretty clear that the world would have been a safer place with him in power, than without.
2006-12-30 02:49:21 · answer #6 · answered by Morey000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He got revenge on the people that tried to kill him back in the 80's. And what even more horrible is the fact that he used the weapons Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Bush Sr. supplied to him.
2006-12-30 02:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I assume you know how to use the internet why don't you spend 5 seconds checking it out rather than ask such a general question here.
I assume you are interested in learning something, but maybe not.
2006-12-30 02:44:21 · answer #8 · answered by madjer21755 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He gassed the Kurdish residents of his OWN COUNTRY for starters. Then there were all the 'enemies' that he spirited away in the night, never to be seen again, the mass graves, the torture cells, etc...
2006-12-30 02:48:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh, I don't know, where would you like to start:
Bombing the Kurdish Iraqis with poision gas?
Putting live political enemies into vats of acid?
Murdering children in front of their parents before murdering the parents, all because the parents disagreed with him?
Making sure that his two sons were there with him so they could learn about how to murder people from the master?
Murdering anyone who dared to bring him bad news?
Supporting and financing murderous terrorists around the world?
Exporting terror?
Stop me when I get to one you like
2006-12-30 02:44:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Genocide.
2006-12-30 02:46:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋