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The 36 pages that link to Saddam Hussein, each with the reason it gives.

• Iraq WarRelated: His rule was ended by the invasion, and his capture and execution marked major wartime events.

• Iran–Iraq WarRelated: He ordered the invasion, expecting to exploit Iran's post-revolutionary instability.

• Gulf WarRelated: His government ordered the invasion and rejected demands to withdraw.

• Ruhollah KhomeiniCompared with: The war with Saddam’s Iraq shaped Khomeini’s government and its revolutionary identity.

• Operation Desert StormRelated: His decision to occupy Kuwait and refusal to withdraw brought Iraq into the campaign.

• Hafez al-AssadCompared with: The rivalry between Assad and Saddam shows how competing Ba’athist regimes divided regional politics.

• IraqRelated: His rule defined Iraq’s politics through war, repression, and centralized power.

• Ba'athist IraqBroader topic: His presidency concentrated authority and made the regime’s survival closely tied to his rule.

• Iraqi insurgencyRelated: Former regime networks and loyalists became one strand of opposition after his rule ended.

• Shatt al-ArabRelated: His government fought Iran over control and navigation rights on the waterway.

• Arab socialismRelated: His Ba'athist government combined state-led development with centralized authoritarian rule.

• Arba'eenRelated: His government restricted public Shia commemorations and pilgrimages, including Arba'een gatherings.

• Michel AflaqCompared with: His government elevated Aflaq’s legacy even as its rule diverged from the founder’s stated ideals.

• Ba'ath PartyRelated: He made the Iraqi Ba'ath Party the instrument of a highly centralized personal regime.

• Iraqi invasion of KuwaitRelated: His government ordered the invasion and claimed Kuwait threatened Iraqi interests.

• Iraqi nationalismRelated: His regime fused Iraqi state symbols with Ba'athist Arab nationalism and centralized rule.

• Operation Iraqi FreedomRelated: His government was the invasion’s target, and his capture followed its overthrow.

• Ramadan RevolutionRelated: He was a young party activist during the 1963 takeover, before rising to national power.

• Nouri al-MalikiCompared with: Al-Maliki’s career unfolded in the political system built after Hussein’s removal.

• Iraq disarmament crisisRelated: His government’s concealment and cooperation decisions drove the central compliance questions.

• Mohamed ElBaradeiRelated: Iraq’s suspected nuclear weapons program was central to ElBaradei’s high-profile inspections before the invasion.

• Tanker WarRelated: He directed Iraq’s war strategy, including attacks on Iranian oil exports.

• Ahmed Hassan al-BakrRelated: As vice president and security chief, he accumulated power under al-Bakr and succeeded him in 1979.

• Arab Socialist Ba'ath PartyRelated: His rule made the Iraqi Ba'ath Party a vehicle for authoritarian state power.

• 17 July RevolutionRelated: He consolidated power within the regime created by the coup.

• Abu Ghraib prisonRelated: His government made Abu Ghraib a major site of political imprisonment and torture.

• Bush DoctrineRelated: The administration presented his regime as a source of grave security risks.

• Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-SabahCompared with: His decision to occupy Kuwait turned Jaber’s government into a government in exile.

• Ali Hassan al-MajidRelated: Al-Majid was Saddam Hussein's cousin and a powerful official in his government.

• Avi ShlaimRelated: Shlaim’s biography examines Saddam’s rule and its place in Iraq’s modern history.

• History of IraqRelated: His rule shaped Iraq’s wars, repression, and international isolation in the late twentieth century.

• Abdul-Karim QasimRelated: He was a young Ba'athist during the party’s 1963 seizure of power.

• Execution by firing squadCompared with: His execution used a different method amid intense international scrutiny.

• Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.Related: His invasion of Kuwait prompted the coalition war led in the field by Schwarzkopf.

• Adnan Khayr AllahRelated: His cousin’s rise to defense minister depended on their close family and political relationship.

• War in IraqRelated: His government was the target of the invasion and the central subject of U.S. threat claims.