Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikritiwas the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party and its regional organization the Iraqi Ba'ath Party—which espoused Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and socialism—Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coupthat brought the party to power in Iraq...
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth28 April 1937
CityAl-Awja, Iraq
despite force help legal
help with the legal justification for the use of force ... despite U.S. resistance.
american-businessman iraqi peasant valiant
Remember the valiant Iraqi peasant and how he shot down an American Apache with an old weapon.
drops few fire trying
I am trying to extinguish the fire with few drops of water.
capable decisions legitimate people thinks tyrant
The tyrant thinks that he is capable of enslaving people and besieging their freedom, their decisions and their legitimate choices,
efforts evidence found suggest
found no evidence to suggest concerted efforts to restart the program.
american-businessman answer iraq refuse
If you are Iraqi, you know who I am... and you know that I do not tire. I am the president of Iraq and I refuse to answer these questions because this court is illegitimate.
guilty
I said what I said, I am not guilty and I am innocent.
belonged council crime decision dig involved mean people signed
As for the crime, is there a crime there? I signed the order. There is no need to go to other people. I did it. I don't mean that I got the bulldozer and did it myself. There was a decision by the revolutionary council to dig up the orchard that belonged to the people involved and I signed the order.
destroying enemy government
Our enemy is not the American people. Our enemy is the American government which is destroying Iraq.
bribed brought witnesses
The witnesses who testified were brought here after being bribed and briefed of what was to be said.
convicted farmland
I razed them... we specified the farmland of those who were convicted and I signed.
authorized body recognize
I do not recognize the body that has authorized you and I don't recognize this aggression.
authorized basis body built due false iraq neither nor president recognize respect respond retain
I do not respond to this so-called court, with all due respect to its people, and I retain my constitutional right as the president of Iraq . Neither do I recognize the body that has designated and authorized you, nor the aggression, because all that has been built on false basis is false.
attacked bullets passed
I was attacked by a machine-gun from some 50 meters, bullets passed so close.