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Biography of President Saddam Hussein,
President of the Republic of Iraq
Personal:
· Born on April 28, 1937, in Tikrit, the seat of the Saladdin
Province where he finished his primary school.
· Married with five children: two boys and three girls.
Academic:
· Escaped to Syria and thence to Egypt where he completed his
secondary school studies in 1962.
· Admitted into the College of Law in Cairo and attended in
the period 1962-1963.
· Having completed his third and fourth year of studies, following
the July 17th Revolution, he obtained a graduate degree from the College
of Law.
· On February 1, 1976, he was awarded a Master of Art Honors
Degree in Military Science together with the Staff Degree.
· In 1984, the University of Baghdad awarded him Honorary Doctorate
in Law.
Political Career:
· Joined the Arab Baath Socialist Party (A.B.S.P) in 1956
· Arrested and imprisoned for six months, while he was a secondary
school student, over the years 1958 and 1959 for his political activities
against the regime at the time. He took part in the revolutionary operation
against the dictator Abdul-Karim Qassim who was Prime Minister in 1959.
The operation resulted in the dictator receiving several shots. Saddam
Hussein was wounded in the leg as a result a shot fired from a bodyguard.
· Sentenced to death in absentia on February 25, 1960.
· Returned to Iraq after the 14th of Ramadhan Revolution (February
8) 1963.
· Discontinued his studies at the college, when in 1963 he had
to return to Baghdad to lead the revolutionary struggle against the reactionary
draconian regime that had previously toppled the Baath Government.
· He was not spared by the round-up campaign waged by the authorities
that began on September 4, 1964. He was arrested on October 14, 1963, with
charges relating to his leadership of the Baath Party's struggle against
the backward regime.
· While he was under arrest, he completed and passed his first
year studies at the College of Law.
· Elected as member of the Baath Party's Pan-Arab National Leadership
in 1965 while still under arrest.
· In September 1966, he was elected Deputy-Secretary General
of the Baath Party Leadership in Iraq.
· Escaped from prison in 1967, to resume the leadership of the
Baath Party struggle. He was once again obliged to discontinue his studies
because he was chased by the secret police.
· On July 17,1968, mounting the first tank that besieged the
headquarters (the Presidential Palace) of the head of the regime, he led
a group of Party members that forced their way into the palace in order
to overthrow the reactionary regime. Saddam Hussein played a leading and
key role in planning and then carrying out the Revolution that day.
· On July 30, 1968, he was personally in charge of a swift operation
to purge the new government of the July 17 Revolution of certain of the
old regime's figures, who for purely tactical reasons, cooperated with
the Baath Party revolutionaries.
· He all but officially undertook the role of Vice-Chairman
of the Revolutionary Command Council as early as July 1968; but was constitutionally
elected for the post of Vice-Chairman on November 9, 1969.
· On June 1, 1972, he led the process of nationalizing Western
oil companies that had the monopoly of Iraq's oil.
· On July 1, 1974, he was dubbed the rank of Lieutenant General
and awarded the Rafidain Order, First Class (of Military type).
· He played a principle role in formulating and implementing
the Autonomy Law for the Kurdish citizens on March 11, 1974.
· On October 8, 1977, he was elected Assistant Secretary General
of the National Pan-Arab Leadership of the Baath Party.
Presidential Career:
· On July 16, 1979, he was elected Secretary General of the Regional
Leadership of the Baath Party in Iraq, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command
Council, and President of the Republic of Iraq.
· On July 17, 1979, President Saddam Hussein was promoted to
the rank of Field Marshal.
· On October 8, 1979, he was elected Deputy Secretary General
of the National Pan-Arab Leadership of the Baath Party.
· On September 4, 1980, President Saddam Hussein led the Iraqi
people and the Army wisely and bravely against the aggression initiated
and launched against Iraq by Ayatollah Khomeini's regime. The war ended
in Iraq's great victory on August 8, 1988.
· On July 30, 1983, he was dubbed the Revolution Order First
Class.
· On April 28, 1988, he was dubbed the Order of the people.
· President Saddam Hussein actively led the modernization of
the Iraq economy, urging the construction of various developed industries
and following their administration and execution. He also supervised the
modernization of Iraq's countryside, the mechanization of agriculture,
and the distribution of land to farmers. He effected a comprehensive revolution
in energy industries as well as in public services such as transportation
and education. He also initiated and led the National Campaign for the
Eradication of Illiteracy and the implementation of Compulsory and Free
Education in Iraq.
· Led his country in confronting the aggression launched by
33 countries led by the US that waged war against Iraq. The Iraqis' confrontation
that is called by Arabs and Iraqis 'The Mother of all Battles' (Um Al-Maarik),
is where Iraq stood strong against the invasion, maintaining its sovereignty
and political system.
Published Works:
· President Saddam Hussein has published several works in the
intellectual, political, economic, military, social, and educational fields.
They are available in translation from Arabic in the basic world languages.
Examination of Saddam's reign
http://www.joric.com/
The survival of Saddam Hussein
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saddam/
Saddam early Life: for power and more
http://www.megastories.com/iraq/family/saddam.htm
Saddam Hussein Iraq (lots of stuff on what
he did when he was in power)
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/iraq99.htm#executive
Saddam Hussein rise to power
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/events/crisis_in_the_gulf/decision_makers_and_diplomacy/newsid_216000/216328.stm
Saddam Hussein on Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=035D3000
Hussein: The man the US loves to hate
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1998/iraq/saddam.profile/
Punish Saddam Hussein for his latest provocation
http://www.heritage.org/library/categories/forpol/em504.html
Lukashenka: Following in Saddam footsteps
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/rabidtigers/belarus.html
Iraq History
http://www.arab.net/iraq/history/iq_saddam.html
Saddam Hussein Transcript of the speech
to Iraqis
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9609/03/saddam.transcript/
Saddam Hussein Role Profile
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/oil/game/simulation/profiles/f1993/0009.html
Saddam Hussein Bio
http://www.abcnews.go.com/reference/bios/shussein.html
The man who ruled Iraq
http://broadcast.webpoint.com/wgnradio/iraqbkg/iraqbkg_saddam.htm
Saddam Hussein executes15 opposition claims
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/971014/1997101446.html
Saddam Hussein Links
http://www.who2.com/saddamhussein.html
Spring 1996 Role Profile
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/oil/game/simulation/profiles/1996/0018.html
Saddam Hussein praises Vietnam
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/newsdaily/s235841.htm
Saddam Hussein�s Iraq
http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/iraq99d.htm
Memo on Margin
http://www.polyconomics.com/searchbase/12-14-00.html
Saddam Hussein and Iraq
http://www.mrdowling.com/608-iraq.html
Saddam Hussein Fan Club ( info, Pictures,
and Sounds)
http://members.tripod.com/~kalliaridis/saddam.html
Can Saddam Hussein Be Trusted
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_59000/59249.asp
Saddam Hussein: The Last Great Tyrant
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/People/Profiles/2000-12/profile301200.shtml
Saddam Hussein Iraq
http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1999/990913_indyk_rubin.html
Laden USS Cole Bomb Link
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39efbef127f6.htm
Good Picture of Saddam Hussein
http://napoleone.tripod.com/iraq/saddam.htm
Saddam Hussein: Life and Times
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/saddam.htm
Some info on Saddam Hussein
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/peple/A0824631.html
Watching Saddam Hussein
http://www.mcn.org/greatbear/saddam.html
Saddam Hussein Stuff
http://www.salon.com/directory/topics/saddam_hussein/
Saddam Hussein Address to the Cabinet
http://www.cin.org/archives/al-bushra/199711/0024.html
Saddam Hussein in good Health
http://www.timesofindia.com/120101/12mide12.htm
Saddam Hussein: his Life and Works
http://www2.one.net.au/~newdawn/Docs/iraq-doc30.htm
Saddam Hussein the evil dictator
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2360/Iraq.html
Overthrowing Saddam Hussein
http://worldnews.about.com/newsissues/worldnews/library/weekly/aa070398.htm
How to get ride of Saddam Hussein
http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/1998/03/03iraqfj
How to overthrow Saddam Hussein
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-360es.html
Saddam Hussein calls for war?
http://www.directsourceradio.com/links/2001/0118/0118200108.html
No Fly-Zone Between US and Iraq
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/middle_east_politics/14697
Funny picture of Saddam Hussein
http://www.pritchettcartoons.com/saddam_castle.htm
Saddam Hussein Home page
http://members.aol.com/greatsadam/sadfram2.htm