Saddam Hussein Research Paper

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President Saddam Hussein Being a president for more than two decades, President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is seen as a master mind of the country 's military conflicts with Iran and the United States. Born on April 28, 1937, in Tikrit, Iraq Saddam Hussein lived a challenging life and was faced with different obstacles that had a great influences on his life. Having no real relationship with his father who was a shepherd, disappeared several months before Saddam was born. After Saddam was born, his mother suffered from being severely depressed by her oldest son 's death and the disappearance of her husband. Unable to take care of Saddam, she sent to Baghdad to live with his uncle, at the age of 3. Years later, Saddam would return to home …show more content…

The following months Hussein was captured, the U.S government handed him over to the Iraqi government to stand trial due to the charges related to the killing of hundreds of Iraq people. In 2003, Saddam Hussein was found guilty and sentenced to death. A month later Saddam was hanged, in spite of his request to be shot to death. He was buried in his birthplace, on December 31, 2006 (Editors, 2008).
Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden was born Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1957. He had many siblings he was the 17th child out of 52 children born to Mohammed bin Laden. Osama bin Laden father a Yemeni immigrant who owned the largest construction company in the Saudi kingdom. Osama bin Laden is known for his responsibility and mastermind of many deadly acts of terrorism on the United States, including the 1998 bombings of the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Osama bin Laden acts of terrorism was based off of his religion Islam. Islam was more than just a religion to the Iraqi people, this religion had a big effect on his political beliefs and influenced every decision he made. Laden went through series of events that put him in power. Osama bin Laden created a terrorist group called the Al –Qaeda, which main idea was to have symbolic acts of terrorism instead of military campaigns (Staff,

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