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The Life and Times of Saddam Hussein

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This 6 page paper focuses on the relationship between Saddam and the United States. Information is provided from his birth to his death. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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responsible for the deaths of thousands. Who is this man who killed his own people and was at the crux of the present war on terror? How did his relationship with the United States drastically change over time? Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937 in al-Oja, a village not too far from Baghdad ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). Interestingly, this man who would be a world leader, was raised not by his parents, but his uncle ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). Violence was a long part of Saddams political history as he joined the underground socialist Baath party in 1957 ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). He killed his brother, who was a communist at the time, and only spent six months in prison ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). As a member of Baath, Saddam helped to organize a coup de etat in 1968 ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). It worked. He would then push aside the coups leader and become president himself in 1979 ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). During this takeover, hundreds of party members were either executed or imprisoned ("Bio: Saddam Hussein," 2003). Not only was Saddam a seemingly evil man when it would come to world politics, he was brutal within the confines of his own country. Although one could arguably say that in his own mind, he was doing the right thing, there is much evidence that this is not the case. To say that Saddam really cared about anyone else is a stretch as most literature on the subject suggests that he did not care an iota about his people. There is also evidence that he lived large, something that has been highly criticized. Wingate (2004) writes: "Hussein appeared humble in public, but in private he had found a taste for high living. He bought expensive suits ...

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