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A Middle Eastern Fascist: Saddam Hussein

At this point in time, being the beginning of the 21st century, many of the
fascist dictators of the 1960s and 70s have disappeared. However, fascism may
rear its head at any time, in various places and under different conditions. The
Middle East in particular has suffered from the violence of fascist regimes and
organizations. One such fascist dictator is at this very moment threatening the
region: Saddam Hussein.
It will be useful to examine Saddam Hussein's past in order to better
recognize his fascist character.
The events that brought him to power in Iraq began with a military coup.
In February 1963, a group of officers and street militants, calling themselves the
Baath (Resurgence) Party, overthrew General Kassem who was then in power.
Among these militants was one young member of the six-man team charged
with killing Kassem: Saddam Hussein al-Takriti, or Saddam Hussein from Takrit.
Although he was not a soldier, Saddam usually wore a military uniform, and
after the coup, he was brought in by the Baath administration to head a group
responsible for terrorism and murder. The first thing he did was to develop new
and effective methods of torture with which to interrogate opponents of the
coup. When the administration that followed the Baath's palace coup collapsed,
in November of that same year, Saddam's torture facility was exposed, which
was equipped with various implements of torture that Saddam had invented
himself.
The Baath government lasted less than ten months, and was brought
down by another coup. But the party carried out a second coup on July 17, 1968.
This time the plotters remained in power.
The leader of this second Baath coup was "torture expert" Saddam
Hussein. He brought in his personal relatives into key positions in the regime,
and eventually gathered complete power by eliminating his rivals. The merciless
torturer had become the dictator of Iraq.
After coming to power, Saddam pursued war and conflict constantly. In
1988 he engaged in a surprise and totally unjustified attack on Iran, occupying
part of the country. The war lasted for eight years and cost the lives of hundreds
of thousands of Iraqis and Iranians. Two years after the war had ended, he
invaded Kuwait, again without justification, leading to the Gulf War. Like Hitler,
who carried out savage attacks for four years to enlarge German territory,
Saddam terrorized those around him.
Furthermore, he had no qualms about using the most oppressive methods