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| - | Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, to a family of peasant serfs in the village of al-Awja in the Tikrit region near the Tigris river. It has been reported that Saddam was abused and neglected as a child. Saddam Hussein’s biological father abandoned him and his mother when he was still an infant. Saddam’s mother remarried and Saddam spent his first years with his stepfather, Ibrahim Hassan. Unfortunately, Hussein’s stepfather was also abusive; often beating and insulting Saddam while making him work long hours in the fields and keeping him from school. <br /> | + | Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, to a family of peasant serfs in the village of al-Awja in the Tikrit region near the Tigris river. It has been reported that Saddam was abused and neglected as a child. Saddam Hussein's biological father abandoned him and his mother when he was still an infant. Saddam's mother remarried and Saddam spent his first years with his stepfather, Ibrahim Hassan. Unfortunately, Hussein's stepfather was also abusive; often beating and insulting Saddam while making him work long hours in the fields and keeping him from school. <br /> |
| - | When Saddam was ten years old he was sent to live with his uncle Khairallah Tulfah in Baghdad. He applied to the Iraqi military academy and was rejected in effect cutting off the once chance of mobility of social advancement for peasant boys. In his late teen years, Hussein turned to militant politics, carrying out his first political assassination at the age of twenty. After that, Hussein’s life and career path to this very day have been marked by imprisonment, violence, treachery, backstabbing, and just about any other unpleasant facet of revolutionary politics. Saddam Hussein will most likely be remembered as one of the late twentieth century’s international villains. At the present moment he continues to rule Iraq. | + | When Saddam was ten years old he was sent to live with his uncle Khairallah Tulfah in Baghdad. He applied to the Iraqi military academy and was rejected in effect cutting off the once chance of mobility of social advancement for peasant boys. In his late teen years, Hussein turned to militant politics, carrying out his first political assassination at the age of twenty. After that, Hussein's life and career path to this very day have been marked by imprisonment, violence, treachery, backstabbing, and just about any other unpleasant facet of revolutionary politics. Saddam Hussein will most likely be remembered as one of the late twentieth century's international villains. At the present moment he continues to rule Iraq. |
| | <b>Work History</b> | | <b>Work History</b> |
| | "1958 Saddam Hussein began his political career by assassinating a prominent communist who was key supporter of Abdul-Karim Qassim, Iraq's ruler at the time. 1959 Exiled in Eqypt but returned to Iraq after a coup in 1963. 1964 Arrested and thrown in jail for counter-state activities. Escaped in 1966 and declared leading member of the Baath Party. 1966 Elected Deputy-Secretary General of the Baath Party. 1968 Baath Part seizes power and Saddam becomes Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council. 1972 Led the actions of nationalizing Western oil companies. 1973 Vice-President of Iraq. 1977 Assistant Secretary General of the National Pan-Arab Leadership of the Baath Party. 1979 to present, President of Iraq. 1980 Iran-Iraq war. 1990 Invasion of Kuwait. 1991 Persian Gulf War." | | "1958 Saddam Hussein began his political career by assassinating a prominent communist who was key supporter of Abdul-Karim Qassim, Iraq's ruler at the time. 1959 Exiled in Eqypt but returned to Iraq after a coup in 1963. 1964 Arrested and thrown in jail for counter-state activities. Escaped in 1966 and declared leading member of the Baath Party. 1966 Elected Deputy-Secretary General of the Baath Party. 1968 Baath Part seizes power and Saddam becomes Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council. 1972 Led the actions of nationalizing Western oil companies. 1973 Vice-President of Iraq. 1977 Assistant Secretary General of the National Pan-Arab Leadership of the Baath Party. 1979 to present, President of Iraq. 1980 Iran-Iraq war. 1990 Invasion of Kuwait. 1991 Persian Gulf War." |
Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, to a family of peasant serfs in the village of al-Awja in the Tikrit region near the Tigris river. It has been reported that Saddam was abused and neglected as a child. Saddam Hussein's biological father abandoned him and his mother when he was still an infant. Saddam's mother remarried and Saddam spent his first years with his stepfather, Ibrahim Hassan. Unfortunately, Hussein's stepfather was also abusive; often beating and insulting Saddam while making him work long hours in the fields and keeping him from school.
When Saddam was ten years old he was sent to live with his uncle Khairallah Tulfah in Baghdad. He applied to the Iraqi military academy and was rejected in effect cutting off the once chance of mobility of social advancement for peasant boys. In his late teen years, Hussein turned to militant politics, carrying out his first political assassination at the age of twenty. After that, Hussein's life and career path to this very day have been marked by imprisonment, violence, treachery, backstabbing, and just about any other unpleasant facet of revolutionary politics. Saddam Hussein will most likely be remembered as one of the late twentieth century's international villains. At the present moment he continues to rule Iraq.
Work History
"1958 Saddam Hussein began his political career by assassinating a prominent communist who was key supporter of Abdul-Karim Qassim, Iraq's ruler at the time. 1959 Exiled in Eqypt but returned to Iraq after a coup in 1963. 1964 Arrested and thrown in jail for counter-state activities. Escaped in 1966 and declared leading member of the Baath Party. 1966 Elected Deputy-Secretary General of the Baath Party. 1968 Baath Part seizes power and Saddam becomes Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council. 1972 Led the actions of nationalizing Western oil companies. 1973 Vice-President of Iraq. 1977 Assistant Secretary General of the National Pan-Arab Leadership of the Baath Party. 1979 to present, President of Iraq. 1980 Iran-Iraq war. 1990 Invasion of Kuwait. 1991 Persian Gulf War."
Affiliations
"1956 Arab Baath Socialist Party, (ABSP)."
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