(13 Oct 1995) T/I: 10:07:26
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who is holding a referendum on his
presidency on Sunday (15/10) has ruled Iraq for 17 years. The
58-year-old Saddam joined the Iraqi Ba’th Party in 1957, and two
years later, fled to Cairo as a poltical refugee after
participating in an attempt to assassinate President Abdul Karim
Qasim. He returned to Iraq in 1963 when the Iraqi Ba’th Party came
to power. The Ba’th Party was ousted by the Nasserites, and Saddam
was arrested in 1964 after participating in a failed coup attempt
against President Abdul Salam Aref. The Ba’th Party regained power
in 1968, and Saddam took charge of a secret security apparatus. He
eventually joined the Revolutionary Command Council, which was
Iraq’s highest governing body, gradually becoming the second man
after President Ahmad Hassan el-Bakr, to whom he was related. In
the late 1970’s el-Bakr became a nominal president as Saddam
became the real ruler. In July 1979, el-Bakr handed over the
presidency and
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