Brief introduction of Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein Abd-Al-medzhid tikrit (Arabic:? ,1April 28, 937-65438+February 30, 2006), referred to as Saddam (), 1979-2003 served as President of Iraq.

one's early years

Saddam Hussein was born in Awaza village outside tikrit in Salahuddin province.

Saddam Hussein came to Baghdad.

1956 10, joined the uprising against the pro-British rulers.

1956 Joined the Arab Baath Socialist Party. In the following years, his position in the party rose rapidly and he served as the deputy secretary of the regional leading bodies for a long time.

1958, participated in the coup against the former Iraqi king (failed).

1959 10, who participated in the assassination of Prime Minister Kasang, was sentenced to death by the Iraqi government, while he himself fled to Egypt via Syria.

1960, while studying law at cairo university in Egypt, he began to contact the CIA.

1On February 8, 963, after Baath Party launched a military coup to seize power, he returned to Baghdad, Iraq.

1963165438+10, the Baath party was overthrown and he was arrested.

1964 was sentenced to prison, where he was elected as Deputy Secretary-General of Baath Party.

1967 escaped again.

1returned to Iraq in July, 1968 to help launch a coup, overthrow President Aref and restore the Baath Party to power.

1969 Deputy Secretary-General of Revolutionary Command and Minister of Propaganda and Security.

On June 1972 and 1, foreign oil companies began to be nationalized, and oil revenues were used to build the army.

1973 promoted to general of the army.

1975 In March, Iran signed an agreement with the King of Iran to stop supporting the Kurdish rebellion in Iraq.

During the presidency

1July, 979 16, he became the president and the leader of the Iraqi party and state. Former President Bakr was forced to step down and become the chairman of the Revolutionary Command Committee. Saddam used Iraq's huge oil revenue to accelerate domestic economic construction, which once achieved rapid development, but the subsequent Iran-Iraq war hit the Iraqi economy again. Many people attacked him for persecuting dissidents during his tenure and brutally killing many dissidents.

1On September 22nd, 980, after a series of conflicts occurred on the Iran-Iraq border, Saddam launched the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted for eight years, and received a lot of weapons support from the United States, including chemical weapons.

1988, 16 In March, Iraqi troops attacked Sofa, a Kurdish town, killing more than 5,000 Kurds and injuring more than 0,000 people in one day. According to Steven pelletier's article in The New York Times, the CIA checked the samples of toxic substances collected from the scene and determined that Iranian cyanide-based gas caused a large number of Kurdish deaths. It is said that this is the largest use of chemical weapons after World War II and the largest military action to use chemical weapons against civilians in history.

1On August 20th, 988, Iran and Iraq formally realized a ceasefire, and the Iran-Iraq war ended, but Iraq's repression of Kurds continued.

1On August 2, 990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and the United Nations Security Council began to impose economic sanctions on Iraq. Since then, Iraq has been isolated internationally.

199165438+1October 17, the multinational forces led by the United States launched the Gulf War, and began air strikes against Iraq and occupied Kuwait. The air raid ended on February 28th, and Iraqi troops were driven out of Kuwait.

1995 10 10 15, Saddam Hussein was elected with more than 99% of the votes in the presidential election.

In June 5438+1October 65438+May 2002, Saddam Hussein was elected with 100% of the votes in the presidential election.

On February 7, 65438, Saddam apologized for invading Kuwait, but at the same time criticized the Kuwaiti leadership, and Kuwait refused to accept his apology.

On February 2, 2003, Saddam denied that Iraq had prohibited weapons and that he had any relationship with Al Qaeda. /kloc-in March of 0/5, Iraq began to prepare for war, and the whole country was divided into four military regions; On March 20, the United States launched an attack on Iraq, and the US-Iraq War (also known as the "Iraq War") broke out, and the US military began to implement the "decapitation action"; On April 9, American troops occupied Baghdad and the Iraqi regime was destroyed. Saddam Hussein ended his 24-year rule and his whereabouts are unknown. After the war, although there were repeated tapes allegedly calling on the Iraqi people to resist the invaders, their authenticity was never confirmed. American intelligence agencies believe that Saddam Hussein is still alive and lurking in Iraq.

On July 22, 2003, Saddam Hussein's two sons Uday and Qusay were killed by the US military. At 8 pm Iraqi time, he was arrested in his hometown of tikrit. After rapid DNA testing, it was confirmed to be Saddam himself.

submit to trial

On June 5438+1October 10, 2004, the Pentagon officially announced that Saddam Hussein was recognized as a prisoner of war according to the Geneva Treaty and enjoyed the treatment and rights of prisoners of war.

On June 30, 2004, the US military handed over the judicial custody (including jurisdiction) of Saddam Hussein and senior officials of the former regime 1 1 to the Iraqi interim government, but the US military was still in charge of custody and announced that Saddam Hussein was no longer a prisoner of war. On the same day, the judicial department of the Iraqi interim government officially announced the arrest of Saddam Hussein.

On June 5, 2006, Saddam was sentenced to be hanged, and the court found him guilty of murder and crimes against humanity. The Iraqi Court of Appeal upheld his death sentence on February 26th, 65438.

Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death at 6: 05 am local time in Iraq (Beijing time 1 1 05). Barzan Ibrahim, his half-brother, and awad Hamid Bandar, former president of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court, were hanged with Saddam.