30 Facts About the Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein, the Butcher of Baghdad

30 Facts About the Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein, the Butcher of Baghdad

Trista - December 25, 2018

30 Facts About the Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein, the Butcher of Baghdad
Abdul Karim Qasim, the prime minister of Iraq 1958-1963. The Iraqi revolution: one year of progress and achievement, 1958-1959/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.

26. In 1959, Hussein Attempted to Assassinate the President

Iraq’s current president, Abd al-Karim Qasim, did not want to join the United Arab Republic, a nascent pan-Arab union, and he allied with Iraq’s growing communist party. The Ba’athists tried to assassinate him, and Saddam was part of the attempt.

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