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=SADDAM HUSSIEN=

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__Birth__ Saddam Hussien was born on April 28th, 1937. He was born in Tikrit.

__Family__ He was married with 5 children; two boys, and three girls

__Education__ He finished primary schooling in Saladdin Province. Then Secondary Schooling in Egypt in 1962. Admitted to the College of Law in Cairo in 1962-1963.

Growth Of Baath (Ba'th) Party
__The First Political Group__ Saddam Hussien joined the __Arab Ba'th Socialist Party (A.B.S.P)__ in 1956. Today known as the "Baath Party".It originated in Syria and Iraq. The party believes in socialism (different from marxism). The party strongly believes in forign domination. They wanted to get rid of foriegn influence within Arab countries. Saddam Hussien eventually became leader of the Iraqi Command. The leader of the Syrian Command was Bashar Al-Assad. [|Click here for more information on the party.]

__First Arrest__ Saddam Hussein was first arrested during his time of study in secondary school. This arrest was for activities against the rule. His arrest was 6 months from 1958-1959.

__First Death Sentence.__ When Saddam Hussien was released from prison, he //attempted an assassination against the Prime minister.// The assassination was unsuccessful. Prime minister Abdul Karim Qassim was left shot several times, and Saddam Hussein was left shot once in the leg by a body guard. He was sentenced to death on **February 25, 1960. However, the death sentence wasn't fufilled because Hussien escaped to Egypt.** While in Egypt, Hussien finished his study in Secondary School. He later returned to Iraq (February 8, 1963) after the [|Ramadhan|Revolution].

__Return to Iraq__ Saddam Hussien returned from Egypt because the Ba'th Party was falling apart. The government took much more concern with any revolution parties. Hussien returned to lead the party out of its current state and was elected leader in 1963.

__Second Arrest__ Hussien was arrested again because of his leadership in a party against the regime. This was September 4th 1964. During his arrest he passed his first year of Collage of Law; he was elected a member of Ba'th Party's Pan-Arab National Leadership in 1965; and in 1966 he was elected the Deputy Security general of the Iraq Ba'th Party.

__Second Escape__ Hussien escaped from jail in 1967. He had to stop his studies because the police was always looking for him, and tracking him down.

His Political Influence
__His way into Government__ On July 17, 1968, Hussien and a few party members pushed their way into the Presidential Palace, and overthrew it. He became the leader of the new government as of July 30, 1968. This new government was going to be ruled by the Ba'th Party. Old Regime leaders would be replaced by Ba'th party officials. Hussien was officially elected **Vice- Chairman of the Revolution Command Council** on November 9th, 1969.

__Summary__

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