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Biography of Saddam HusseinName: Saddam HusseinBirth Date: April 28, 1937 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Tikrit, Iraq Nationality: Iraqi Gender: Male Occupations: president Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (born 1937), the socialist president of the Iraqi Republic beginning in 1979 and strongman of the ruling Baa'th regime beginning in 1968, was known for his political shrewdness and ability to survive conflicts. He led Iraq in its long, indecisive war with Iran beginning in 1980. He was defeated in the six week Persian Gulf War in 1990 which was a result of his invasion of Kuwait. In 2002, he was facing a U.S.-led invasion after President George W. Bush accused Iraq of attempting to build weapons of mass destruction.Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti was born in 1937 to a peasant family in a village near Tikrit, a town on the Tigris River north of Baghdad. His father died before his birth and his mother died in childbirth. He was raised by his uncles, particularly his maternal uncle Khairallah Talfah, a retired army officer and an avid Arab nationalist who influenced his political leanings …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…had chemical and biological weapons that had been missed during 1990s inspections, Bush was threatening to go to war in 2002 if Iraq did not co-operate with new U.N. weapons inspections. Saddam, for his part, maintained that Iraq no longer has such weapons and permitted the U.N. inspectors back in the country. Associated Organizations Associated Events Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988 Further Reading Majid Khadduri, Socialist Iraq, A Study in Iraqi Politics Since 1968 (1978); Phebe Marr, The Modern History of Iraq (1985); Christine Helms, Iraq, Eastern Flank of the Arab World (1984); and Fuad Matar, Saddam Hussein, the Man, the Cause and the Future (London, 1981) provide information on Saddam's role in the leadership of Iraq. Stefoff's Saddam Hussein: Absolute Ruler of Iraqprovides valuable insight into the operation of Iraq since the Persian Gulf War. Bob Simon's Forty Daysis an excellent memoir of the war. For more recent events, see Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service, December 3, 2002. |