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
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We have said with certainty that the embargo will not be lifted by a Security Council resolution but will corrode by itself,
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We have not agreed on this constitution. We have objections which are the same as we had from day one,
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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.
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Our enemy is not the American people. Our enemy is the American government which is destroying Iraq.
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The witnesses who testified were brought here after being bribed and briefed of what was to be said.
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I razed them... we specified the farmland of those who were convicted and I signed.
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I do not recognize the body that has authorized you and I don't recognize this aggression.
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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.
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You know me, because you are an Iraqi, ... I don't recognize the parties that appointed you to this court.
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Iraq does not seek conflict with the United States and if there is a solution to this crisis... we would be happy,
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I don't harbor any hatred toward any of you,
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If you're scared of the interior minister, he doesn't scare my dog.
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It was the most wonderful thing I've seen in my life. He was the most wonderful and courageous father,
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Tens of thousands of innocent people were buried alive in mass graves and these martyrs have become the symbol of the black regime