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Well, it is obvious that he achieved becoming an extremely powerful man in his country because people feared him. It wasn't that they did whatever it was that he said, they feared for their safety. He was infamous for violating human rights. He didn't commit all human right violations himself per say, but he had people do it for him. Technically, it is the same. He was a really bad person. Hitler re-encarnated i'd like to think. He was a very unreasonable man. I mean... Come on, he was a dictator. Those kind of people never change their minds or what they believe in. He gained power off of his peoples fear. Which is why so many people of Iraq are at ease now that he was executed Evnthough he was their president.
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∙ 11y agoSaddam Hussein was a part of the Ba'ath Party which was the one party in control of Iraq in the 1970s. As General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr became more and more ill, Saddam Hussein rose as a strongman. When al-Bakr died in 1979, Saddam Hussein effortlessly took the face of power that he had already acquired through back-channels and violent acts of repression.
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∙ 9y agoSaddam Hussein al-Tikriti was Iraq's Fifth President from 1979 until 2003. He distinguished himself as a cunning totalitarian monster who ruled Iraq through iron-fisted laws, domestic militancy, and mass persecution of minorities. This is not unlike totalitarian monsters in other countries, who ruled similarly. (like Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic or Argentina's Juan Perón). During his reign, he committed several different acts of genocide and ethnic massacres, such as the Al-Anfal Campaign, the Dujail Massacre, the Draining of Marshes, etc. These served to crush rebellions and cement his authority.
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∙ 12y agon 1976, Saddam rose to the position of general in the Iraqi armed forces, and rapidly became the strongman of the government. As the ailing, elderly al-Bakr became unable to execute his duties, Saddam took on an increasingly prominent role as the face of the government both internally and externally. He soon became the architect of Iraq's foreign policy and represented the nation in all diplomatic situations. He was the de facto leader of Iraq some years before he formally came to power in 1979. He slowly began to consolidate his power over Iraq's government and the Ba'ath party. Relationships with fellow party members were carefully cultivated, and Saddam soon accumulated a powerful circle of support within the party.
In 1979 al-Bakr started to make treaties with Syria, also under Ba'athist leadership, that would lead to unification between the two countries. Syrian President Hafez al-Assad would become deputy leader in a union, and this would drive Saddam to obscurity. Saddam acted to secure his grip on power. He forced the ailing al-Bakr to resign on 16 July 1979, and formally assumed the presidency.
Shortly afterwards, he convened an assembly of Ba'ath party leaders on 22 July 1979. During the assembly, which he ordered videotaped (viewable via this reference[32]), Saddam claimed to have found a fifth column within the Ba'ath Party and directed Muhyi Abdel-Hussein to read out a confession and the names of 68 alleged co-conspirators. These members were labelled "disloyal" and were removed from the room one by one and taken into custody. After the list was read, Saddam congratulated those still seated in the room for their past and future loyalty. The 68 people arrested at the meeting were subsequently tried together and found guilty of treason. 22 were sentenced to execution. Other high-ranking members of the party formed the firing squad. By 1 August 1979, hundreds of high-ranking Ba'ath party members had been executed.[33][34]
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∙ 7y agoSaddam Hussein was a part of the Ba'ath Party which was the one party in control of Iraq in the 1970s. He quickly rose through the ranks due to his aptitude and ruthlessness. As the "President" of Iraq, General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, became more and more ill, Saddam Hussein rose as a strongman. When al-Bakr died in 1979, Saddam Hussein effortlessly took the face of power that he had already acquired through back-channels and violent acts of repression.
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∙ 12y agoAmerica help to put Saddam in power back in the 70's
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∙ 13y agoCause Iraq was scared he might rape their wife's and have sex with them.
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∙ 12y agoThrough a coup in 1968, when the Ba'ath Socialist Party returned to power.
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Do Iraq and other countries get along?
The relations between the Islamic Iranian Government and Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist Regime never improved. At best, they were able to sit together at OPEC and coordinate oil pricing and not engage in further belligerence. Since the United States has deposed Saddam Hussein, and the government of Iraq is re-forming, Iran has begun normalizing relations with Iraq. Now there are numerous trade agreements and state visits between the two countries and Shi'a Moslems in Iran are allowed to make pilgrimages to Shi'a Holy Sites in Iraq (like those in Karbala and An-Najaf).
How did the operation Iraqi freedom start?
Operation Iraqi Freedom was the codename for the American Invasion of Iraq. The causes of that invasion are, as of yet, not clear. The government of the United States has posited that it was to find Weapons of Mass Destruction and remove Saddam Hussein from power. Others have stipulated that it was on account of American desires for Iraqi Oil.
Why is Iraq a very unstable nation more than three years after the capture of Saddam Hussein?
Since the wording "three years after Saddam's capture" are in the question, this period is too early to discuss the situation of Iraq after the Coalition Forces withdrawal and the Rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and this question will address only what was going on before 2010 (3 years after Saddam's execution).Saddam Hussein was a dictator who was very effective at repressing any and all dissent to his rule. This provided an incredible level of stability, even though it has numerous human rights atrocities. When Saddam Hussein was removed, the Coalition Forces dismantled much of Saddam Hussein's internal repression and torture mechanics. This led to different tribal* and Jihadist groups which had been forcibly defanged during the Saddam Hussein period were able to reassert themselves locally without a powerful national police/army to stop them. These groups all have very different visions of what Iraq should look like and different ideas about what territories they wish to control. These visions are mutually exclusive. As a result, conflict erupts between these groups and the reconstituted Iraqi Army is too weak to enforce the will of the federal Iraqi government over these tribal groups. The Coalition Forces were too few, too spread out, and too unfamiliar with the local networks and mindsets to replace the Iraqi Army in maintaining stability. While the Coalition Forces were able to reach out to some of the tribes and align them with the government, this resulted in control in parts of Iraq, but this also led to the Coalition Forces also inheriting those tribes' adversaries and resistance growing in those pockets.* Note that a tribal group may be differentiated from another tribal group by being a member of a different ethnoreligious group (Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs, and Kurds), but within each ethnoreligious group, there are numerous different tribes. A significant portion of tribal conflict was exclusively between Shiite Arab tribes that were vying for local power.
How did the Islamic Regime recruit young boys for Iran's army?
During the Iran-Iraq War, religious and nationalistic sentiments blended with revolutionary idealism were strong in Iran. This led to a lot of young boys in their teens willing to join the army in fighting Saddam Hussein's Iraq. To be able to pass governmental minimum ages, these young boys often times changed their IDs to lower their year of birth.
What do you think about war in Iraq?
A waste of inocent lives. started on a false premise. sinse the liberation of Iraq. random killing has become endemic. Saddam Husein was no Angel but at least he was able to maintain some sort of control.
How were ethnic rivalries in countries like Syria and Iraq kept in check for decades?
Ethnic rivalries in Syria and Iraq were kept in check primarily through the use of REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENTAL ACTION. The leaders of Syria (Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar al-Assad) and the leader of Iraq (Saddam Hussein), routinely massacred any who opposed their authoritarian rule and effectively kept the peace between the clans/tribes/groups by promising to bring the full force of the army down on any clan/tribe/group that promoted violence against another group.With the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and the Syrian Civil War in 2011, these ethnic rivalries were able to resume since the national government was no longer capable of promising intense repression and violence against those who promote violence within the country.
What was the significanceimportance of the Gulf War in 19901991?
It broke the US's 'Vietnam complex/syndrome' -where it was reluctant to use force against an enemy in their own territory for fear of embarrassing and unsustainable losses. It also shattered Saddam Hussein's ability to project his power around the middle east. By destryoing his army he was no longer able to threaten or influence his neighbours
Was Saddam Hussein a villain?
Saddam was a very evil person,he killed thousands of men women and children without any remorse.One most note that he mainly killed Muslims and not westerners and other people.His aim was to have full control on Iraq.There is nothing like a Muslim extreamist or fundmentalist these people are not Muslims but rather evil people calling themsleve Musilms and doing these evile acts. The only thing that real Muslims are extream about are the following Extreamely- Kind Honest Forgiving Hard working God Fearing Etc. The list goes on so people who thinks that Muslims are bad please do your research Muslims are not otherwise it would have not been the fastest growing religion in the world right now.
Why did George W. Bush get the us involved in the Iraq war?
Note: Do your own fact checking, these answers may not all be based on fact.Here are some sample answers from the site contributors:Because he wanted the oil, as the price of oil is soon to rise. He also went into Iraq to get the gold which was stolen from Kuwait by Iraq. He also entered to interfere and make himself seem like a good man while doing so. However, I believe he is in there for the money.The official response has always been that the President and his advisers believed that Iraq was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction and could possibly be a future danger to U.S. interests and security.Many opinions are based on a person's individual perception of the circumstances and obviously their feelings toward the U.S. government.There have NEVER been any weapons of mass destruction found. Something doesn't smell right!President George W. Bush went into Iraq because allies to the U.S. said Sadaam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Hussein had killed hundreds of thousands with gas, and Al Qaeda training sites were found there as well.
Why are Iraq's claims over Kuwait incorrect?
There are two main defenses.Kuwait has the right to national sovereignty just like any other nation. They got their independence from the British and have proceeded to be an emirate like Qatar or the UAE and are permitted to freely exercise their rights. If the leaders and people of Kuwait wish to join with Iraq, they need only pass a law that allows them to do so. When Greece was fighting for independence, Crete became independent separately from the Greek mainland, but both countries were able to write a treaty which made Crete part of the Greek country.Conquest is not an acceptable method of debt cancellation. One of the main reason Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait was to prevent collection on the debt he had incurred in the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988 with the small emirate. It is wrong to forcibly cause debt forgiveness, especially with conquest.
How did the Persian gulf war start?
Unofficially: When Kuwait started slant drilling with equipment and technology from the US. The Kuwaiti's also dropped the price of oil, in turn slowly bankrupting Iraq. Officially: When Iraq invaded Kuwait.
Where did the Iraq War of 2003-2011 take place?
Surprisingly enough, most of the Iraq War occurred within the borders of Iraq, a country in the Middle East. More specifically, though, the initial fighting to topple Saddam Hussein was primarily concentrated in the southeast of the country in the Shatt Al-Arab and the Shiite Holy Region (Karbala, An-Najaf, and the nearby regions), terminating with the entry to Baghdad. The majority of the fighting against the militant factions (Mujahidin, Fedayeen, Sadr's Militia et al.) occurred in what is colloquially called the "Sunni Triangle" which had vertices at the cities of Baghdad, Fallujah, and Ba'aquba. There was scattered fighting outside of this area in the southern area of the Kurdish Region in Northern Iraq and in the Western Anbar Province.
