Saddam Hussein (Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti) was the president of Iraq
From 1979 until the occupation of Iraq by the United States.
In 2003.
On April 9 after the capture of Saddam Hussein's capital Baghdad
fugitive. Saddam was born in Tikrit, north of Baghdad. at a young age
He joined the Ba'th Party, which was banned at the time in Iraq.
Saddam was arrested several times and also spent time in jail.
In 1959 he and his party members were sentenced to death for their participation
In an attempt to assassinate the Iraqi president, but Saddam fled to Syria and from there
He moved to Egypt.
In Egypt he found refuge and began to study law. in the year
1963, after the fall of power in Iraq, he rejoined
To the leadership of the Ba'ath party. In 1968 he played a role
Central to the coup that brought the Ba'ath to power and a year later
He became deputy general secretary of the party and vice president of the state.
In 1976 he was awarded the rank of General, although he did not serve as well
Not one day in the army ...
After the president's resignation in 1979, Saddam Hussein became president
Iraq in practice.
Saddam Hussein ruled over Iraq through the brutal repression of all his opponents.
Hundreds and thousands were executed or murdered in secret, thrown into prisons and tortured.
He used cruel methods against the Kurdish minority he sought to reach
Autonomy. Suppressed their attempts of rebellion mercilessly and arrived
Peaked in 1988 when he gave an order to bomb the Kurdish town
Halabcha with toxic gas, causing their deaths with severe agony of about 5,500
The residents. In 1980, after the Islamic Revolution in Iran and after
When the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power, Saddam Hussein decided that Iran had weakened
And went to war that lasted nearly eight years. This war killed more
Of a million people, and millions more were wounded and captured. The war caused damage
And brought Saddam Hussein to power.
Iran demanded his removal as a condition for a cease-fire, but Saddam Hussein succeeded
To remain in power and bring about a cease-fire in 1988. After this war
His rule was stable, but he faced financial problems, the restoration of his country and the return of his country
Debts to the Arab countries that helped him in the war. He went to Kuwait, her neighbor
Iraq's rich, and asked Shalit to provide him with economic aid, but Shalit
Kuwait refused to accept his request. In response, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
In August 1990 and annexed it to Iraq as the 19th province of Iraq.
In this invasion he risked the supply of oil to Western countries as well as to countries
United States.
Despite the coalition of dozens of countries that were sent by al-Qaeda
The Saudi-Kuwaiti border, Saddam Hussein avoided responding to the demand of the US
President of the United States, George W. Bush, to evacuate Kuwait. As a result, it broke out
The Gulf War (1991) and Saddam Hussein's regime seemed to be starting
be shaken. The Gulf War ended with the expulsion of Iraqi forces
From Kuwait.
During the war, dozens of Scud missiles were fired at Israel from Iraq. also
After his military downfall he managed to continue to rule Iraq while
So that it brutally suppresses the rebellions of the Kurds and Shiites. His reign
Of Saddam Hussein in Iraq came to an end only after the occupation of Iraq
By the United States in the Iraq War (2003). He escaped from the forces
And hid for several months. The United States has announced
About giving a $ 25 million reward to anyone who would bring a hint of Saddam's hiding place
Hussein. A few months later he was in the city of Edward, Iraq.
After a public trial in Baghdad, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death.
He was convicted of crimes against humanity and the execution of hundreds of Shiites
And Kurds. After the appeal was rejected, it was determined that Hussein would be executed
By hanging within 30 days.
On December 30, 2006, he was executed by hanging. He was 69 at the time of his death. In the world
There were conflicting reactions to the death of the butcher from Baghdad. Shiites and Kurds
Thousands went out into the streets of Iraq with cries of joy, while the Sunni community
And many in the Arab world mourned the death of Saddam.