[DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein - Wikipedia [PAR] Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in 
this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the 
revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, and later, ... Saddam formally rose to 
power in 1979, although he had been the de facto head of Iraq for several years 
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AS LEADER OF THE BA'ATH PARTY, HE BECAME DICTATOR OF A MIDDLE 
EASTERN COUNTRY IN 1979; IN 2003 HE WAS DEPOSED, SADDAM 
HUSSEIN. [DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Hussein and his collaborators managed to wound the Iraqi dictator, but Hussein 
... In Damascus he met the founder and chief ideologue of the Baath Party, the 
Syrian ... Bakr, toppled the civilian Baath regime and took full control of the 
country. ... the party leaders and army officers alike, including President Bakr, 
became... [DOC] [TLE] - washingtonpost.com [PAR] Dec 29, 2006 ... He also won popularity among many Arabs in other Middle Eastern countries for 
his implacable opposition to Israel and his resistance to the ... Under his uncle's 
guidance, Hussein joined the Baath Party in 1956, ... One of the party's leaders in 
Iraq was a relative, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, a top army general. [DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein: The Rise and Fall of A Dictator - Asharq Al-Awsat [PAR] Dec 30, 2006 ... Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq between 1979 and 2003. ... But he urged them not to 
hate the peoples of the countries that committed aggression... [DOC] [TLE] How Saddam Hussein's Execution Contributed to the Rise of ... [PAR] Jan 15, 2016 ... He had been executed by Hussein in 1980, as the Baathist regime ... Typically, 
Middle Eastern regimes pardon prisoners around the holiday ... His ruling Sunni 
Arab minority persecuted the country's Shiites and ... After the 2003 US invasion, 
Hussein became the first modern Arab leader to be deposed by a... [DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein of Iraq - Asian History - About.com [PAR] Ruled: Fifth President of Iraq, July 16, 1979 to April 9, 2003 ... He survived to 
become one of the most ruthless dictators the modern Middle East has seen. ... 
Ba'ath Party-linked army officers overthrew Qasim in 1963, and Saddam Hussein 
returned to ... He was the de facto leader and strongman of the country, which 
was still... [DOC] [TLE] The life and times of Saddam Hussein | The Independent [PAR] Nov 5, 2006 ... News  World  Middle East ... From the time he came to power in 1979, Saddam, 
lived and ruled ... of it he became the world's most notorious and recognisable 
leader, ... By this time he had become a trusted member of the Baath party, ... The 
coalition's war against the dictator dealt a fatal blow, not only to... [DOC] [TLE] Space Program of Kenya / Kenyan Space Program [PAR] Since US-led coalition forces deposed Saddam in 2003 insurgents have ... In the 
Middle Ages Iraq was the centre of the Islamic Empire, with Baghdad the ... Oil 
made the country rich, and when Saddam Hussein became president in 1979 .... 
to the leadership of the ruling Baath Party, fuelling speculation that he's being... [DOC] [TLE] The Iran-Iraq War - Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Gale [PAR] Middle East Conflict Reference Library, 2006 ... While neither Iraq nor Iran gained 
territory in the Iran-Iraq war, both countries ... When Ayatollah Khomeini returned 
to Iran in 1979, he became the leader of the ... Hussein's ambitions were 
supported by his Baath Party, which was ..... San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2003
. [DOC] [TLE] New Dawn 2012: The Historical Backdrop | SLDInfo [PAR] Jun 3, 2012 ... Now that all U.S. military forces have left the country, Iraq's government once 
again ... for Iraq's security for the first time since the Anglo-American invasion of 
2003. ... of new parliamentary leadership

Question: As leader of the Baath party, he became dictator of a Middle Eastern country in 1979; in 2003 he was deposed
Answer: Saddam Hussein