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In 2002, hegot 100% of the presidential vote of his country, but the next year, he was out of power for good |
Saddam Hussein
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HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE |
2023-07-07 |
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This future world leader was wounded in his attempt to assassinate the Iraqi prime minister in 1959 |
Saddam Hussein
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$1,600 |
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BACK IN THE 20th CENTURY |
2020-06-03 |
#8228 |
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After months on the run, he was captured December 13, 2003 after he was found hiding in a hole near Tikrit |
Saddam Hussein
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$200 |
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HISTORY SINCE 1950 |
2015-07-28 |
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Encouraged by the U.S. following the first Gulf War, the Kurds rose up against this dictator in 1991 |
Saddam Hussein
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$600 |
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KURDISH HISTORY |
2007-01-08 |
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He fled Iraq in 1959 after his attempt to assassinate Iraqi prime minister Abdul Kassim failed |
Saddam Hussein
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$3,000 |
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20th CENTURY FOREIGNERS |
2006-05-12 |
#5000 |
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On August 28, 1990 he declared that Kuwait was now Iraq's 19th province |
Saddam Hussein
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$100 |
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THE 1990s |
1997-04-10 |
#2914 |
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In 1979 Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned as president of Iraq & this man succeeded him |
Saddam Hussein
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$400 |
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MIDDLE EAST HISTORY |
1996-03-20 |
#2668 |
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Sentenced to death for a 1959 murder attempt on Iraq's PM, he became the country's pres. in 1979 |
Saddam Hussein
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$400 |
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MODERN HISTORY |
1993-01-05 |
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