Saddam Hussein
Quote: "The great, the jewel and the mother of battles has begun." - Saddam Hussein
Was the Sunni leader of Iraq.
Chosen by the CIA as a pro-American. The Americans helped bring Saddam to power, 1968.
He was worried about the spread of a Shiite Islam revolution into Iraq.
He was harsh on his own country (Kurds, about 30 million in the world, and 65%Shiite Islam)
After the Iran-Iraq war Iraq was in a bad economic state.
He claimed Kuwait to start the first Gulf War. Kuwait is an oil rich country. This started the first Gulf War.
Saddam was also known to have used poison gas on the Kurds in the North of Iraq. They were a part of his own country
Summary: Saddam Hussein was put in charge of Iraq by the United States. The United States later had to remove Saddam from power. He wanted Iraq to be a powerful nation and he didn't want other religious groups or racial groups around him that he did not agree with. Saddam was involved in many conflicts in the middle East throughout the 1980s and 1990s until he was eventually removed from power in 2004 and later executed in 2006.
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Was the Sunni leader of Iraq.
Chosen by the CIA as a pro-American. The Americans helped bring Saddam to power, 1968.
He was worried about the spread of a Shiite Islam revolution into Iraq.
He was harsh on his own country (Kurds, about 30 million in the world, and 65%Shiite Islam)
After the Iran-Iraq war Iraq was in a bad economic state.
He claimed Kuwait to start the first Gulf War. Kuwait is an oil rich country. This started the first Gulf War.
Saddam was also known to have used poison gas on the Kurds in the North of Iraq. They were a part of his own country
Summary: Saddam Hussein was put in charge of Iraq by the United States. The United States later had to remove Saddam from power. He wanted Iraq to be a powerful nation and he didn't want other religious groups or racial groups around him that he did not agree with. Saddam was involved in many conflicts in the middle East throughout the 1980s and 1990s until he was eventually removed from power in 2004 and later executed in 2006.
Website Links: http://quotes.dictionary.com/search/sadam_hussein?page=1#H1VKgCwHvAWq7WQp.99
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdistan#Massacre_of_Iraqi_Kurdish_People_by_PMOI
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Question: What would have happened in Iraq had the Americans not helped Saddam Hussein come to power?