In February 1960, Saddam Hussein came to Cairo, Egypt, during which he actively participated in various activities organized by the Ba'ath Party in Cairo, and was elected as a branch committee because of his outstanding organizational talent. At that time, Saddam Hussein had no idea that he would become the president of Iraq in the future. (This is a rare set of old photographs of Saddam Hussein, a true representation of the whole process of a generation of tyrants eventually becoming a prisoner of the order.) ）
[Saddam Hussein gave a speech] To become a tyrant in the Middle East, Saddam Hussein has survived countless life and death disasters. Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death on 25 February 1960, and as a result he swam across the Tigris River on a cold night to Syria, the birthplace of the Arab Ba'ath Party, to continue the fighting.
Saddam Hussein insisted that his struggle would be successful, and history has long proved this. In October 1964, Saddam Hussein was arrested again and imprisoned, and after two years of living behind bars, he escaped with the help of the Ba'ath Party. On July 17, 1968, Saddam Hussein led a force to capture the Iraqi presidential palace, ending Arif's five-year dictatorship.
On July 17, 1979, Saddam Hussein officially became president of Iraq and chairman of the Revolutionary Command Committee. Since then, he has combined the power of the party, the government, the army, the special forces, and the police, and has reached the highest peak of power. One thing is certain: during Saddam's administration, Iraq's economy grew faster, but Saddam hussein also established a dictatorship and his family gained astonishing wealth.
The "Dujar Village Case" is one of the crimes charged by the court after Saddam Hussein was captured by the US military. The case, which was repeatedly brought during Saddam's trial, was the following: In 1982 Saddam Hussein killed 143 Shia Muslims in the village of Dujar, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad, on the grounds that they were trying to assassinate him.
After Saddam Hussein was captured, the CIA personnel who participated in the operation recalled: "It is undeniable that this man is very attractive. He was 6 feet 1 inch (about 1.85 m) tall and athletic. Even if he is a prisoner of the order, his face is still a look of 'I am a big man'. Saddam Hussein has several notable features," with a tattoo on his right hand, a gunshot wound to his left leg, and a habitual sagging of his lips to one side. ”
[Smiling Saddam] During his detention, Saddam was abused by the US military. Although the arrest process went well (Saddam Hussein did not resist any), what really bothered the U.S. side was how to learn the truth about his regime, especially the whereabouts of weapons of mass destruction that had been used as a pretext for invading Iraq. Saddam Hussein's reluctance to admit that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction has made the U.S. military angry.
After nearly 3 years of trial, Saddam Hussein was finally sentenced to death by hanging. At the final trial, Saddam Hussein said to the judge, "I advise you as an Iraqi that if you have to make a death sentence, you must remember that Saddam Hussein is a soldier." In this case, my sentence should be a shooting, not a hanging, and you must do that. ”
In the early morning of December 30, 2006, Saddam Washim was hanged at the age of 69. Saddam Hussein was peaceful when he was hanged, holding a copy of the Quran, and the execution lasted about 25 minutes. When everything was ready, the guard pulled the switch, and the metal plate under Saddam's feet was split, and Saddam immediately fell from the hole and died on the spot. According to the recollections of those who witnessed Saddam Hussein being hanged at the scene, Saddam Hussein said only four words to the onlookers before his death, "Don't be afraid." ”
After Saddam Hussein was hanged, many Iraqis were so excited that they took to the streets to celebrate. Many people have fantasized that Iraq will henceforth become a democratic and free country. However, the current situation in Iraq has ruthlessly shattered the well-intentioned dreams of people who, despite breaking free from Saddam Hussein's rule, have driven them to kill each other, and society has not yet completely calmed down.