Saddam Hussein

By:Sufiyan Ferdawsey
 Intro
Who is he?

● Saddam Hussein (born April 28, 1937, Al-

ʿAwjah, Iraq—died December 30, 2006,
Baghdad)
● President of Iraq (1979–2003)
● whose brutal rule was marked by costly
and unsuccessful wars against
neighbouring countries
● He joined the Baʿath Party in 1957. In 1959
he participated in an unsuccessful
attempt by Baʿathists to assassinate the
Iraqi prime minister, ʿAbd al-Karīm
Qāsim.
● Saddam was wounded in the attempt and
escaped first to Syria and then to Egypt.
 Background
What type of family did they have?

● Saddam, the son of peasants, was born in a

village near the city of Tikrīt in northern
Iraq.

What was their childhood like?

● The area was one of the poorest in the country.

● 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.

Where did they go to school?

● Cairo University
 Leadership
Why are they considered a leader?

● Saddam Hussein was the former President of Iraq

who ruled the country with an iron fist for more
than two decades.
● He rose to power in 1979 after a period of political
instability and quickly established himself as a
strongman leader, relying on his charisma,
ruthlessness, and cunning to maintain his grip on
power.

What have they done?

● He used an extensive secret-police establishment

to suppress any internal opposition to his rule,
and he made himself the object of an extensive
personality cult among the Iraqi public.
 Leadership cont
What accomplishments have they made?

● Some of the accomplishments attributed to Saddam Hussein include his

leadership during the Iran-Iraq War, his modernization efforts in Iraq,
and his suppression of internal opposition.
● He was also known for making significant investments in infrastructure
and education in the country.
 Corruption
Why are they considered corrupt?

● Saddam Hussein and the Baath party used violence, killing,

torture, execution, arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention,
enforced disappearance, and various forms of repression to
control the population

What have they done?

● Kurdish people were systematically persecuted. The

al-Anfal military campaign against Kurdistan in Northern
Iraq between 1986 and 1989 is qualified by some European
countries as genocide.
● 182 000 Kurds were estimated to have been deported, killed,
disappeared in depopulation campaigns in Kurdish areas
carried out by Baath party.
 Corruption cont
What is the cause of their corruption?

● To control the population

What is the result of their corruption?

● Saddam was convicted of crimes against humanity—including willful

killing, illegal imprisonment, deportation, and torture—and was
sentenced to death by hanging.
 Results
What has happened to them?

The tribunal finally adjourned in July 2006 and handed down its verdicts in
November. Saddam was convicted of crimes against humanity—including
willful killing, illegal imprisonment, deportation, and torture—and was
sentenced to death by hanging.

What was their fate or what was the outcome of their leadership or life?

During his rule he projected an image of himself as Iraq's most influential

leader and a courageous moderniser, but at the same time his repressive regime
killed thousands of people. Saddam was overthrown in April 2003 following
the US-led invasion of Iraq, and executed for crimes against humanity in 2006.
 "Look like the innocent
Macbeth flower, but be the serpent
under 't." Macbeth Quote
(Act I, Scene V)
How they are similar to Macbeth, the play and the
person. Be specific and use at least two quotes from If it were done when 'tis
the play for evidence. Must cite quotes correctly. done, then 'twere well
It were done quickly.
Both killed people in order to keep power (Macbeth, Act 1 Scene 7)

People feared Macbeth and Saddam in their country

"Politics is when you say
Both could be considered dictators
you are going to do one
Both became too confident in themselves which thing while intending to
ultimately led to their downfall do another. Then you do
neither what you said nor
what you intended."

Saddam Hussein
 (Slide 7)

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