Biography
Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and ideologies he championed are collectively known as Saddamism, a "right-wing" variant of Ba'athism.
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Awards & recognition
- Key to the City of Detroit · 1980
- Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit · 1978
- Order of José Martí · 1978
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic · 1974
- Friendship Order
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- National Order of Merit
- Order of al-Hussein bin Ali
- Order of Al-Khalifa
- Order of Civil Merit
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Order of Mubarak the Great
- Order of Stara Planina
- Order of the Grand Conqueror
- Order of the National Flag
- Order of the Two Rivers
- Order of the Yugoslav Star
Filmography16 titles
Shadow World
HyperNormalisation
Girl You Know It's True
How to Become a Tyrant
Zero Hour
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
History 101
The Shock Doctrine
Fahrenheit 9/11
Equilibrium
Spycraft
The Colbert Report
Imminent Threat
A Borrowed Identity
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The White House Effect