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April 28, 1937 - December 30, 2006 (Age: 69)
Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq and was a leading member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and the Baghdad -based Ba'ath party. As vice president he created security forces that tightly controlled conflict between the government and armed forces during a tie when many groups were capable of overthrowing the government. In 2003, the U.S. and U.K. invaded Iraq to depose Saddam as he was accused of having weapons of mass destruction. He was arrested and convicted of crime and sentenced to death by hanging and was hung on Dec. 30th 2006.
Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq and was a leading member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and the Baghdad -based Ba'ath party. As vice president he created security forces that tightly controlled conflict between the government and armed forces during a tie when many groups were capable of overthrowing the government. In 2003, the U.S. and U.K. invaded Iraq to depose Saddam as he was accused of having weapons of mass destruction. He was arrested and convicted of crime and sentenced to death by hanging and was hung on Dec. 30th 2006.