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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 2003
Page
14
United States forces strike near Baghdad on March 20 2003 ending Saddam Husseins eight month pursuit. The exiled Iraqi leader once ruled and plundered oil wealth while waging war against neighbors and facing U N sanctions. He rose to power in the Baath party coup ousting al Bakr and Kassem.
An assassination squad member wounded Iraqi strongman Gen Abdel Karim Kassem in 1959 and fled to Syria then Egypt. By 1968 Baathists toppled the regime and formed the Revolutionary Command Council led by Ahmed Hassan al Bakr, Saddam’s cousin, overseeing internal security.
Imams 1988 Iraqi forces deploy mustard gas and nerve agents against Kurdish civilians, killing at least five thousand in a doomed campaign. Iran-Iraq cease fire follows intensifying attacks and international concern.
In 1991 Iraq reportedly surrenders following the U.S.-led Operation Desert Storm. Shiite rebellion and Kurdish uprisings are active in the country. In 1998 weapons inspectors withdraw and hours later air and missile strikes by the United States and Britain commence.
Forbes lists Saddam Hussein as the 55th richest with an estimated net worth of seven billion dollars. The United States urges a special war crimes tribunal to try him while 2002 to 2003 actions reopen weapons inspections in Iraq amid U.N. pressure and U.S. threats, with officials insisting Saddam hides weapons of mass destruction.
A sprawling dictator once seen on Iraqi banknotes and in grand palaces was captured hiding in a dirt hole with a pistol on his lap. U S soldiers pulled him from the hole and transported him to detention, marking a dramatic end to his rule.
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