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1 de jul. de 2024 · Saddam, the son of peasants, was born in a village near the city of Tikrīt in northern Iraq. The area was one of the poorest in the country, and Saddam himself grew up in poverty. His father died before he was born, and he went at an early age to live with an uncle in Baghdad.
- ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim
ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim (born 1914, Baghdad, Iraq—died Feb. 9,...
- Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr
Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr (born 1914, Tikrīt, Iraq—died Oct. 4,...
- Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani (born 1933, Kelkan, Iraq—died October 3,...
- Ayad Allawi
Ask a Question Ask a Question Ayad Allawi (born May 31,...
- Uday Hussein
Uday Hussein (born June 18, 1964, Baghdad, Iraq—died July...
- Qusay Hussein
Qusay Hussein (born May 17, 1966, Baghdad, Iraq—died July...
- ʿAbd al-Karīm Qāsim
1 de jul. de 2024 · Saddam Hussein’s two sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed by US troops in Iraq in July 2003. The bodies of the two men were identified after 200 US soldiers, backed by helicopters, stormed a...
Hace 4 días · Hussein claimed to be an agnatic descendant of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and her husband Ali, the fourth caliph, since Hussein belonged to the Hashemite family, which had ruled Mecca for over 700 years – until its 1925 conquest by the House of Saud – and has ruled Jordan since 1921.
Hace 6 días · Issue Section: Book Reviews > Western Asia. The Iraq War of 2003 is considered a major failure of US foreign policy and, along with the failed intervention in Afghanistan, a sign of America's hegemonic crisis. The ambitions of the George W. Bush administration—to democratize Iraq and the Middle East through regime change—have ...
Hace 3 días · Assad, however, was prompted to call for union with Iraq only after Egypt’s rapprochement with Israel in 1977. While President al-Bakr hesitated, Saddam strongly resisted this move. After Egypt and Israel signed the Camp David Accords in 1978, however, there was no way he could avoid the issue.
Hace 6 días · Saddam Hussein introduced in a new penal code article 111, exempting from punishment a man who kills a woman in defense of the honour of his family. This new influx of religious involvement into the government had sectarian undertones.
Hace 3 días · Although the Shiʿis and Kurds suffered the regime’s greatest wrath, enemies, or perceived enemies, of the Iraqi leader were consistently rooted out even among the Sunni Arab elite—including members of Saddam’s own family. All were dealt with brutally.
