former president, prime minister, chairman of ruling Revolutionary Command Council and field marshal of iraq.

Saddam Hussein was born in Tikrit on April 28, 1937 to peasant farmers. he was Orphaned at a young age, and raised by his uncle. from 1955-57 he Attended nationalist school in Baghdad, joined the Baath Socialist Party and took part in a coup attempt on the king and prime minister.in 1958, he Spent six months in prison for slaying his Communist brother-in-law. a year later, he was Part of an assassination attempt on the prime minister, escaped to Syria with an injured leg and later travelled to Egypt under the protection of Egyptian President Gamel Abdel Nasser.he Entered the University of Cairo in 1962; the following year, the Baath Party overthrew the Iraqi prime minister, paving the way for Saddam to return to Iraq and marry his first cousin Sajida Khairallah Talfah.from 1964-66, hussein was Imprisoned for plotting against the government. he became A leader in the Revolutionary Command Council in 1968, and played major role in the Baath Party's coup. in 1972 he Visited Moscow, marking the beginning of a 15-year cooperation, especially in arms trade, between U.

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R. and Iraq.he Became the head of state, chairman of the revolutionary Command council, prime minister, commander of the armed forces and secretary general of the Baath Party in 1979. By August about 500 senior members of the government had been executed.in 1980, hussein Abrogated the Algiers Treaty and went to war with Iran. he used mustard gas on the Iranian people in 1984. Iraq used mustard gas and nerve agents to kill at least 5,000 civilians in the Kurdish region of Iraq in 1988, which resulted in a cease-fire.in 1990 iraq Invaded Kuwait. hussein accused Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates of driving oil prices down. The U.

N. imposes sanctions on iraq. the Iraqi surrendered in 1991 after the U.

S. led Operation Desert Storm.from 1997 on, Saddam repeatedly denied attempts by weapons inspectors to resume inspections. in late 2002, he Allowed the inspectors back into Iraq amid U.

N. pressure and U.

S. war threats. U.

S. officials continued to assert that Saddam was hiding weapons of mass destruction, and invaded iraq in march 2003. Hussein disappeared and was found by american soldiers december 2003. It is uncertain where and how he will be judged.hussein is mentioned in dead yankee drawl because the us supported him (i.e. supplied him with weapons) during the iran-iraq war. unbelievable as it may seem, the us considered him an ally back then - the reason many call them hypocritical nowadays.