The war ended in a stalemate after eight years with both countries claiming victory. Saddam continued his quest for power and prestige by invading Kuwait in With the execution of Saddam , the chapter of one of the most authoritarian regimes in recent history was closed, ending the fiction — even as the noose placed around his neck — that he remained president of Iraq.
The authoritarian despot had oppressed his country for quarter of a century, unleashing devastating regional wars and reducing his once promising, oil-rich nation to a stifled police state. His insatiable desire for power made Saddam sacrifice his own people, inciting the ire of neighbouring states and the international community.
The memory of sectarian conflict is ever present, still claiming the lives of Iraqis every month. Ultimately, post-Saddam hopes of freedoms and basic human rights have failed to materialise, that democratic, stable and fair society still elusive. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth. And I'm not saying they were good, because they were bad, they were really bad, but we don't know what we're getting," he said.
During a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, Trump admitted that the former Iraqi dictator was not a good man but said that his work, which some considered genocide, was effective. We shouldn't have destabilized Saddam Hussein, right. He was a bad guy, really bad guy. But you know what he did well?
He killed terrorists," Trump said. They didn't read them the rights. They didn't talk. They were terrorists. Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. Hussein becomes secretary and acting deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council.
Iraq gives up claims to the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, while Iran agrees to end its support of the independence seeking Kurds. Khomeini had been in exile in Iraq since September 22, - Iraq launches an air attack against Iran. The war ends in a stalemate in , with approximately one million deaths.
March 16, - Hussein orders a poison gas attack on Kurds in Halabja in northern Iraq. More than 5, people are killed. The operation is successful, but Hussein remains in power. October 15, - Hussein is re-elected president. The attack, called Operation Desert Fox , is in response to Iraq's refusal to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors. January 29, - US president George W. Bush delivers the State of the Union address and describes Iraq as part of an "axis of evil.
November - The UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution , outlining strict new weapons inspections and threatening "serious consequences" if Iraq fails to comply. Iraq agrees and within weeks inspectors arrive. December 13 - Hussein is captured in a cellar, or 'spider hole' at a farmhouse in Tikrit between pm Iraqi time pm EST , as a part of "Operation Red Dawn".
July 1, - Hussein makes his first appearance in court at his arraignment and is charged with a variety of crimes, including the invasion of Kuwait and the gassing of the Kurds. He pleads innocent. October 19, - Hussein's trial begins in Baghdad.
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