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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism,…
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culture · President of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 · military personnel · writer · novelist · politician · also Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, Hussein, Saddam
Born 28 April 1937 · Died 30 December 2006 · Q1316
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2026· 15 entries
FotMob: Al-Hussein SC vs East Bengal FC - live score, predicted lineups and H2H stats
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FotMob: Al Shorta vs Al-Hussein SC - live score, predicted lineups and H2H stats
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وزارة الخارجية العراقية: FM Fuad Hussein Discusses Regional Developments and Ways to De-escalate Tensions with Saudi Counterpart
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DT Next: East Bengal drawn in tough Group D alongside Al Hussein, Al Shorta and Al Seeb
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olympics.com: AFC Champions League Two 2026-27: East Bengal drawn with Al Hussein, Al Shorta and Al Seeb in Group D
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jordannews.jo: AFC Champions League Two Draw Places Al-Faisaly and Al-Hussein Irbid in Tough Groups
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The News Mill: East Bengal drawn with Al Hussein, Al Shorta and Al Seeb in AFC Champions League Two group stage
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Mshale: 🔴FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE: France Vs Iraq | Kylian Mbappé | Les Bleus | FRA Vs IRQ | Hussein | N18G Bruxelles (dRBlAXfMXu)
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jordannews.jo: Mirhan Hussein Sparks Controversy After Accusing a Young Actress of Copying Her: "Not with the Wig and Dimples"
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Mshale: Aymen Hussein: From War And Tragedy To Iraq’s World Cup Hero Renato Biancardi (ijYx9V5tPT)
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Mshale: Aymen Hussein Scores First Minute Goal Vs Wakrah In Qatari League Villarreal Vs Sevilla (fED4V9cJ05)
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Mshale: SPAIN Vs IRAQ, YAMAL Vs AYMAN HUSSEIN 🔥- FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 | PES 21 Gameplay Simulation Royal Navy (bZE5xiOSs1)
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964media: Hussein Arif, Kurdish novelist and Rwanga movement co-founder, dies at 90
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2024· 2 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Saddam Hussein is alive in a U.S. jail and will be released on January 17, 2024” Long Dead.
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It was announced that Irish actor Barry Keoghan would appear in a new movie about Saddam's final days
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2023· 1 entry
Lead Stories rated the claim “Iraq and U.S tried and executed Saddam Hussein's body double” No body double.
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2020· 7 entries
fact checker rated the claim “Video: shows the face of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein captured during the exhumation some 12 years after his death.” misleading.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Saddam Hussein's body intact 12 years after his death.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “This video shows body of Saddam Hussein 12 years after his death” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “A video of former US President Barack Obama shows him unveiling a picture of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as a recognition of the U.S mistake against him.” fake.
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BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “The doctored video features Saddam Hussein revealing the USA threatened to spread the novel coronavirus in Iraq.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein discusses COVID-19 in the 1990s” False.
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Alt News rated the claim “Video of Saddam Hussein talking about the US threatening Iraq with use of coronavirus” False.
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2019· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim “Saddam Hussein said, "We cannot defeat America by the sword. America must be defeated within their politics."” False.
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2016· 2 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."” Mostly False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."” Mostly False.
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2008· 1 entry
A TV series based on his life — House of Saddam — was released
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2007· 2 entries
Explores the complex relationship between Saddam Hussein and the Al-Bu Nasir, a powerful Arab tribe in Iraq to which Saddam belongs
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The Iraqi government formally requested assistance from France in locating funds allegedly deposited in French financial institutions
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2006· 15 entries
Died 2006-12-30.
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“Iraq is a great nation now, as it has been at times throughout history. Nations generally "go to the top" only once. Iraq, however, has been there many times, before and after Islam. Iraq is the only nation like this in the world. This "gift" was given to the Iraqi people by God. When Iraqi people fall, they rise again.”
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“Nie, nie boję się śmierci. Całe życie walczyłem z niewiernymi i najeźdźcami. My pójdziemy do raju, podczas gdy nasi wrogowie szczęzną w piekle.”
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“Opis: ostatnie słowa (niedokończone z powodu wykonania egzekucji).”
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“Opis: zapytany przez urzędnika sądowego o nazwisko i zawód”
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“The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.”
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“Opis: usłyszawszy groźby prokuratora o piekle i potępieniu”
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“Opis: do sędziego podczas procesu w lutym 2006.”
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“Radzę wam jako Irakijczyk, że gdybyście byli w sytuacji, że musielibyście wydać wyrok śmierci, musicie pamiętać, że Saddam jest wojskowym i w tym przypadku werdykt musiałby brzmieć „śmierć przez rozstrzelanie, a nie przez powieszenie.”
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“Amerykańskie zachowanie wskazuje na tyranię i wrogość wobec ludzi. Jesteśmy przeciwko agresji na Iran z wielu powodów… Iran jest naszym sąsiadem i to, co zagraża jego bezpieczeństwu, nas również dotyczy.”
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“Amerykańskie groźby wymierzone są nie tylko w Irak, ale we wszystkich Arabów.”
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“The oil is a gift bestowed by God on the Arab nation, to use after centuries of poverty, backwardness and servitude — in raising its living standards, developing its economic, social and cultural conditions, and building up its own power to meet the challenges and conspiracies besetting it.”
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“For the first time in modern history a Third World state has successfully fought a defensive war — the longest such war between regular armies since the Second World War — without being under the umbrella of a particular military pact or the influence of a particular great power; and without suffering any shackles on its will and independence, or abandoning its principles and policies.”
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“Świadek egzekucji Husajna: Wszystkim nam zrujnowałeś życie, zagłodziłeś nas, wymordowałeś!Saddam Husajn: Wyrwałem was ze szponów oszustwa i nędzy! Zmiażdżyłem waszych wrogów Persów i amerykańskiego najeźdźcę. Sprawiłem, że Irak stał się potężny i bogaty.”
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“Składam siebie w ofierze. Jeśli taka będzie wola Allaha, przyzna mi miejsce u boku męczenników i prawdziwych mężczyzn. Nie zaprzestawać nienawiści. Niech żyje Irak, Palestyna, dżihad – święta wojna – i mudżahedini – bojownicy. Ludu wierny, żegnam się z Tobą, a duszę swoją powierzam miłosiernemu stwórcy.”
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2004· 1 entry
“Still, I believe that the Arab nation has a right to ask: thirty nine missiles? Who will fire the Fortieth?”
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2003· 3 entries
A US-led coalition invaded Iraq, incorrectly accusing him of developing weapons of mass destruction and of having ties with al-Qaeda
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During the United States-led invasion of Iraq
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“Opis: schwytany w 2003 przez amerykańskich żołnierzy.”
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2002· 1 entry
Following Israeli incursions into Palestinian territory, Saddam stopped supplying oil to Western countries in order to force Israel to abandon its incursions, a move supported by Iran and Libya
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2001· 1 entry
Saddam declared on the state Iraqi television:Palestine is Arab and must be liberated from the river to the sea and all the Zionists who emigrated to the land of Palestine must leave
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2000· 1 entry
Saddam wrote a public letter urging Muslims and Christians in Iraq to lead jihad against the Zionist movement
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1995· 1 entry
Amid "a decade-long effort to encourage a military coup in Iraq
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iraq (1994–2003).
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1993· 2 entries
Which was under the supervision of vice president Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
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“our Party does not take a neutral stance between faith and atheism; it is always on the side of faith.”
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1991· 2 entries
The Iraqi government awarded Saddam the Order of the Two Rivers, the country's highest honor, as a recognition of his "historic role" and "noble services to Iraq"
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Which ended in Iraq's defeat by a United States-led coalition
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1990· 1 entry
By claiming that Kuwait had always been an integral part of Iraq and only became an independent nation due to the interference of the British Empire
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1989· 1 entry
Career landmark: Regional Secretary of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party (1989–2006).
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1988· 1 entry
As the war with Iran ended in a stalemate, he ordered the genocidal Anfal campaign against Kurdish rebels who had sided with Iran
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1985· 1 entry
By The New York Times: "Iraqi women, historically among the most emancipated in the Arab world, hold jobs in all the professions, dress as they please, vote and hold more than 10 percent of the seats in the National Asse
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1982· 2 entries
Following a failed assassination attempt against him
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Were convicted of similar charges and were themselves sentenced to death
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1981· 2 entries
It carried out Operation Opera, a surprise attack on Iraq's unfinished Osirak nuclear reactor, with Iranian intelligence support
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“Women: One Half of Our Society”
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1980· 4 entries
Awarded Key to the City of Detroit (1980).
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Saddam's government granted women full suffrage and the right to run for office
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Saddam received a ceremonial key to the city of Detroit after making a donation of nearly half a million dollars to a local Chaldean-Catholic church
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Ordered the invasion of Iran, purportedly to capture Iran's Arab-majority Khuzestan province, and end Iranian attempts to export its Islamic Revolution to the Arab world
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1979· 5 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Iraq (1979–1991).
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Al-Bakr started to make treaties with Syria, also under Ba'athist leadership, that would lead to unification between the two countries
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Saddam formally took power
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Saddam purged rivals within his party
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Career landmark: President of Iraq (1979–2003).
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1978· 3 entries
Awarded Order of José Martí (1978).
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Awarded Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit (1978).
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Baghdad hosted an Arab League summit that condemned and ostracized Egypt for accepting the Camp David Accords
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1977· 3 entries
When the two nations broke relations with each other following Iraq's criticism of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace initiatives with Israel
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As a result of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace initiatives with Israel
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Saddam stated "our Party does not take a neutral stance between faith and atheism; it is always on the side of faith
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1976· 1 entry
Saddam rose to the position of general in the Iraqi armed forces, and rapidly became the strongman of the government
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1975· 3 entries
Saddam agreed to expel Khomeini in 1978 to France
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Leading to the forcible relocation of hundreds of thousands of Kurdish civilians
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Thereby settling territorial disputes along the Iran–Iraq border
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1974).
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Taha Yassin Ramadan, a close associate of Saddam, commanded the Popular Army, which had responsibility for internal security
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1972· 1 entry
Saddam signed a 15-year Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union
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1970· 1 entry
And the "traitorous" drive by his successor, Anwar Sadat, to sue for peace with the Jewish state
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1968· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of Iraq (1968–1979).
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1966· 1 entry
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr appointed him Deputy Secretary of the Regional Command
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1964· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch (1964–2003).
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Took up residence in Iraq, at the Shia holy city of Najaf
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1961· 1 entry
And unsuccessfully pursuing a law degree at Cairo Law School (1962–1963)
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1960· 1 entry
Studied at Cairo University (1960).
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1958· 1 entry
The Ba'ath Party was originally represented in Abdul-Karim Qasim's cabinet, the prime minister of Iraq and its de factor leader
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1957· 1 entry
At the age of 20 to join the revolutionary pan-Arab Ba'ath Party, of which his uncle was a supporter
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1955· 1 entry
There were fewer than 300 Ba'ath Party members in Iraq, and it is believed that Saddam's primary reason for joining the party as opposed to the more established Iraqi nationalist parties was his familial connection to Ah
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-04-28.
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