How Did Saddam Hussein Impact The World

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Saddam Hussein was the former dictator of Iraq and controlled the country for 20 years. He terrorized the Iraqi citizens, and completely overlooked their rights. Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937 to a poor family in Tikrit. After he moved to Baghdad as a teenager he join the baath party. He joined to try to get his cousin the dictator of Iraq in July of 1968. He went into hiding shortly after the American invasion. Saddam was captured in December of 2003 and was executed about 3 years later on Saturday December 30, 2006.

Saddam Hussein impacted the world in a very negative way for the citizens of Iraq. He was very cruel to the people, and treated them very poorly. He terrorized them, murdered them, and took away their rights.
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troops stationed in Iraq. They will most likely reenlist when their tour in Iraq ends. Before, 40% said that the mission lacked in definition and that the mission did not have a purpose for them to be there. The returning soldiers will have experience and proper trained. They will have ready when crisis strikes and it is time to go to war and fight

Capturing Saddam will make it easier for the United nations and major continental European powers such as France, Russia, etc) to help with reconstruction of Iraq. The capturing of Saddam Hussein alive should give more to the bush administration to invade Iraq without U.N. without a resolution. The international community will depend on the bush administration to pay very close attention to the advice of the prime minister of Britain to reach out and restore the relashionship with the rest of the world.

Saddam Hussein was the dictator of Iraq until December 20, 2003 when he was captured. Before he was captured he dictated Iraq for twenty years. All the time he was in office he terrorized the Iraqi citizens with beatings, killings, and evil scare tactics. After being captured he was held in captivity until December 30, 2006. He got a death penalty and was executed on December 30,

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