Name:	Saddam Hussein
Title:	Former Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council and President of Iraq
Position:	Con  to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:	“…Iraq accepted that resolution (UN Resolution 1441) in order not to allow any misinterpretation of its position…There are no missiles that are contrary to the prescription of the United Nations in Iraq…We hope that the attack will not take place. But we are bracing ourselves to meet such an attack, to face it…Even though, God Almighty invites us…and we hope that -- we pray to him that -- the Americans will refrain from such an eventuality -- to avoid both the Americans -- to spare the Americans from committing such a mistake -- and also to spare Iraq and the Iraqi people from being involved in such an experience. And those who would like to ride the bandwagon of evil, it's up to them." Saddam Hussein Interview with Dan Rather CBS News, February 26, 2003
Credibility Ranking:	Experts PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.
Involvement:	12/30/06 - Hanged at approximately 06:06 AM Baghdad time 12/26/06 - Appeal rejected, death sentence upheld 11/5/06 - Sentenced to death by hanging by the Iraq Special Tribunal 6/30/04 - Beginning of trial for the 1982 attack on the town of Dujail (40 km north of Baghdad) and the torture and execution of 137 civilians 12/13/03 - Captured by Armed Forces after Operation Iraqi Freedom 1991 - Ignored UN Security Council to withdraw from Kuwait. The Gulf War started against a UN Security Council U.S.-led coalition and ended with the Iraqi defeat and UN sanctions placed on Iraq 1990 - Invaded and annexed the Emirate of Kuwait 1982 - Allegedly ordered the attack on the town of Baghdad to eliminate communist subversive activities 1980 - Commanded an eight-year war against neighboring with U.S. support 1980 - Inaugurated the first Iraqi nuclear reactor, later destroyed by the Israeli Air Force Led the Arab opposition to the Camp David Accords between and Israel 1979 - Became President of Iraq 1978 - After the execution of Iraqi Communists, Saddam strained Soviet relations 1976 - Became General of the Iraqi Armed Forces 1972 - Signed a pact with the Soviet Union obtaining military aid 1972 - Oversaw the nationalization and seizure of international oil interests 1968 - The Ba’ath Party named Saddam Vice-Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council and Vice-President of Iraq 1964 - 1967 - Imprisoned in Baghdad 1959 - Involved in assassination plot against Prime Minister General Abdul Karim Quassim; sentenced to death, was forced into exile to Egypt until 1961 1957 - Joined the revolutionary Pan-Arab Ba’ath Party
Education:	Attended Law School (1962 – 1963) and continued his studies at Baghdad Law College
Affiliations/ Honors:	Granted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Award Received Key to the City of Detroit, 1979
Contact Info:	Phone : None listed     Fax: None listed E-Mail: None listed Web Site: None listed
Other:	Select Publications: "Reservations about Rabat," Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Winter, 1975), pp. 141-142 Authored three novels, Zabiba and the King; The Fortified Castle and Men and the City; and Be Gone Demons! under the pen name "He Who Wrote It"

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