USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Saddam Hussein, also spelled Ṣaddām Ḥusayn, in full Ṣaddām Ḥusayn al-Tikrītī, (born April 28, 1937, Al-ʿAwjah, Iraq-died December 30, 2006, Baghdad), president of Iraq (1979–2003) whose brutal rule was marked by costly and unsuccessful wars against neighbouring countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saddam Hussein (/sʌˈdɑːm/ /huːˈseɪn/ ( listen); Arabic: , Mesopotamian Arabic [sˤɐdˈdɑːm ɜħsɪe̯n]; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006), known mononymously as Saddam, was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.

Detailed explanation-3: -The primary rationalization for the Iraq War was articulated by a joint resolution of the United States Congress known as the Iraq Resolution. The US claimed the intent was to “disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, and to free the Iraqi people".

Detailed explanation-4: -Aḥmad Ḥasan al-Bakr, (born 1914, Tikrīt, Iraq-died Oct. 4, 1982, Baghdad), president of Iraq from 1968 to 1979. Al-Bakr entered the Iraqi Military Academy in 1938 after spending six years as a primary-school teacher.