Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Saddam Hussein

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Saddam Hussein (Foto: Reuters)
Saddam Hussein (Photo: Reuters)
JAKARTA -Saddam Hussein Abd al Majid al-Tikriti was named President of Iraq to five with a fairly long term i.e. 1979 to 2003. Saddam met his death when he was 69 years old by a gantung law.

Born in the city of Tikrit Iraq, 1937. The name of "Saddam" is derived from Arabic, meaning "he who challenged." Saddam never know his own father Hussein Abd al-Majid because her father disappeared six months before Saddam was born. Saddam's older brother died at age 13 due to cancer.

Saddam's life was as a child already seemed hard. His mother also suffered depression resulting from the loss of several members of his family. Saddam also often involved in fights between groups and armed himself. At the age of 19, Saddam had joined in a plot to overthrow the monarchy and Iraq also had a chance to experiment himself killing by shooting the Prime Minister of Iraq with machine guns.

Saddam's Baath Party and join the party is the vehicle of Saddam ruled Iraq. It was the President of Iraq Abdul Rahman Arif was overthrown by Baath party, al-Hasan Al-Bakr, who was Chairman of the party. Saddam was appointed President, replacing Abdul Rahman Arif.

In the era of Saddam's leadership, Saddam has ruled with an iron fist by its citizens. Her killing on cruel punishments, as well as the cleric opposed to Saddam. Saddam also slaughtered people of Kurds in the North and Shia residents in southern Iraq.

The majority of Iraq's Shiite community are familiar, but Saddam is a Sunni. By Shiite citizens because that is often experienced repression in the era of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Iraq has become a partner for the United States (u.s.). In the war on Iraq and Iran which took place on September 22, 1980, AS one looks declared his support to Iraq.

Iraq and the United States, however, the relationship deteriorated in the early decades was 1990, when Iraq was about to invade Kuwait. In a meeting with representatives of the United States, the US Diplomat said his comments, April Glaspie herself did not want to comment much on the Arab countries. Saddam was instantly recalls, there will be no action taken by the us when Iraq invaded Kuwait.

However, AS it took action when Iraq invaded Kuwait, a small country that is rich in oil. Dispute in Iraq and Kuwait have been going on since a long time, and the invasion caused by economic problems. So as BBC, reported Tuesday (25/10/2011).

The US has taken action which Iraq and Iraq has mengembargo a direct experience of the economic crisis quite seriously. The weakness of the economy of Iraq was eventually exploited by rival-rival Saddam to rebel. AS one point out of Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction.

The US invaded Iraq in 2003 and passing of the US attack, Saddam Hussein was captured. Saddan was caught when he went into hiding in the basement. Saddam eventually indicted over the massacre of the inhabitants and was sentenced to death.

The former ruler of Iraq was also punishable by hanging in Iraq after Baghdad, himself on trial. (faj)

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