How was the dictatorship established by Saddam Hussein in Iraq?
1. Iraq is country in Western Asia. It became independent from British rule in 1932.
2. The decades later there were a series of coups by military officers. Since 1968, it was ruled by Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party. Saddam Hussein, a leading Ba’ath party leader played key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to power.
3. This government abolished traditional Islamic law and gave women the right to vote and several freedoms not granted in other west Asian countries.
4. After becoming the president of Iraq in 1979, Saddam ran a dictatorial government and suppressed any dissent or opposition to his rule.
5. He was known to have got a number of political opponents killed and persons of ethnic minorities massacred.
