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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (509096)	12/14/2003 6:36:37 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 769668

Should prove very interesting. I think the Iraqis gave him up to avoid another vist from Hillary Clinton.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (509096)	12/14/2003 10:27:51 AM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769668

Osama is next. * * *

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (509096)	12/14/2003 10:46:10 AM
From: Jon Koplik	Respond to of 769668

(From Reuters) : Chronology -- Life of Saddam Hussein December 14, 2003 By REUTERS Filed at 9:51 a.m. ET LONDON (Reuters) - Key dates in the life of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein who was captured near his home town of Tikrit Saturday. April 28, 1937 - Born in al-Awja village outside Tikrit, 90 miles north of Baghdad. Oct 1956 - Joins an uprising against the pro-British royalist rulers and then becomes a militant in the pan-Arab, secular Baath Party. Oct 1959 - A year after the overthrow of the monarchy, takes part in an attempt to kill Prime Minister Abdel-Karim Kassem. Flees abroad. Feb 1963 - Returns to Baghdad when the Baath Party seizes power in a military coup, but nine months later Baathists are toppled. Caught and jailed. Elected deputy secretary-general of the party while in prison. July 1968 - Saddam helps plot the coup that puts the Baath Party back in power, deposing President Abdul-Rahman Aref. March 1975 - As vice-president of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC), Saddam signs a border agreement with the Shah of Iran, who ends support for an Iraqi Kurdish revolt, causing its collapse. July 16, 1979 - Takes power after President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr steps aside as chairman of the RCC. Sept 22, 1980 - Following border skirmishes, Saddam launches war on Iran that lasts eight years. March 16, 1988 - Iraqi forces launch chemical attack on Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja, killing about 5,000 people. Aug 20, 1988 - A cease-fire is officially implemented in the Iran-Iraq war. The campaign against Kurds continues. Aug 2, 1990 - Launches invasion of Kuwait, prompting U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iraq. Jan 17, 1991 - U.S.-led forces start Gulf War with air attacks on Iraq and occupied Kuwait. Feb 28, 1991 - Hostilities end with eviction of Iraqi forces from Kuwait. April 3, 1991 - U.N. Security Council orders Iraq to scrap chemical, biological, nuclear and long-range missile programs. Oct 15, 1995 - Saddam wins a presidential referendum and is elected unopposed with more than 99 percent of the vote. Feb 23, 1996 - Two senior Iraqi defectors, both married to Saddam's daughters, are reported murdered by relatives just days after returning from Jordan. Oct 15, 2002 - Official results show Saddam wins 100 percent of votes in a referendum for a new term in office. Dec 7, 2002 - Saddam apologizes for invasion of Kuwait but blames the emirates' leadership. Kuwait rejects the apology. Feb 2, 2003 - In his first interview in more than a decade, Saddam denies Baghdad has banned weapons or any links to al Qaeda. March 15 - Saddam puts Iraq on a war footing, dividing the country into four military districts and putting his younger son Qusay in command of the vital Baghdad-Tikrit area. March 20 - U.S. launches war against Iraq with strikes on Baghdad targeting ``very senior'' leadership. Saddam later appears on TV urging Iraqis to defend their country. April 7 - U.S. aircraft drop four 2,000-pound bombs on a building in a residential area of Baghdad after U.S. intelligence reports indicate that Saddam and his two sons might have been inside with other Iraqi leaders. April 9 - U.S. forces sweep into the heart of Baghdad to an ecstatic welcome as Saddam Hussein's 24-year rule crumbles. July 22 - U.S. military confirms that Saddam's two sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed in gun battle in Mosul. Dec 14 - U.S. officials announce capture of Saddam. Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company.