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Arc of Power Ends In Utter Ignominy; Saddam Hussein Was Both Revered and Reviled
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The Washington Post
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December 30, 2006| Author:
Joshua Partlow - Washington Post Foreign Service
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Saddam Hussein, an autocratic Arab nationalist who ruled Iraq for
24 years, led his nation into repeated wars with its neighbors and
was overthrown by a U.S.-led invasion, was hanged early today
Baghdad time. He was 69.
Hussein took power as a brutal young modernizer who harnessed his
nation's vast oil wealth to build roads and bridges, hospitals and
schools, and was a hero to millions in the Middle East who saw him
as a force for Arab resurgence. But in his latter years he
squandered ...
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