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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was the Ba'athist ruler of Iraq, effective leader from the 1970s and president from 1979 to 2003. His dictatorship relied on the security services and repression, including the Anfal campaign against the Kurds. He led Iraq into war with Iran (1980–1988) and the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. He was overthrown by the US-led invasion of 2003 and executed in 2006.
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