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
certainty council embargo lifted resolution security
We have said with certainty that the embargo will not be lifted by a Security Council resolution but will corrode by itself,
agreed
We have not agreed on this constitution. We have objections which are the same as we had from day one,
damaging reputation time united
At the same time things went wrong, damaging the reputation and credibility of the United Nations.
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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.
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.
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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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I just wanted to be able to reach at least half of the show's estimated viewers.
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Do you think that you will enter paradise without Allah judging those among you who fought hard in his cause, and remained steadfast?
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Exile means surrender. This nation, the Iraqi nation, is not going to surrender to the blackmail and to the threats of the Americans.
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I didn't say I am a FORMER president,
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Be patient, our beloved and brothers, victory will be with those who are patient,