3667 x 5678 px | 31 x 48,1 cm | 12,2 x 18,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
15 agosto 2008
Altre informazioni:
A leading member of the revolutionary Ba ath Party which espoused secular pan Arabism economic modernization and Arab socialism Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long term power As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al Bakr Saddam tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces Ñ at a time when many other groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government Ñ by creating repressive security forces In the early 1970s Saddam spearheaded Iraq s nationalization of the Western owned Iraq Petroleum Company which had long held a monopoly on the country s oil Through the 1970s Saddam cemented his authority over the apparatuses of government as Iraq s economy grew at a rapid pace 6 As president Saddam maintained power during the IranÐIraq War 1980 1988 and the first Persian Gulf War 1991 During these conflicts Saddam repressed movements he considered threatening to the stability of Iraq particularly Shi a and Kurdish movements seeking to overthrow the government or gain independence respectively Whereas some Arabs looked upon him as a hero for his aggressive stance against foreign intervention and for his support for the Palestinians 7 United States leaders continued to view Saddam with deep suspicion following the 1991 Persian Gulf War Saddam was deposed by the U S and its allies during the 2003 invasion of Iraq Captured by U S forces on December 13 2003 Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U S led forces On November 5 2006 he was convicted of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him and was sentenced to death by hanging Saddam was executed on December 30 2006 8
