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Line 6: − Evidence presented to the [[United Nations]] by the Bush administation brought about the 2003 AD US led coalition to invaded Iraq and put a stop to Saddam Hussein's [[WMD]] program<ref>[http://www.tahoebonanza.com/article/20070401/Opinion/104010038]</ref>. A further aim was to break the ties between [[al Qaeda]] and Saddam Hussein which the Bush administartion had known about months before <ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/033jgqyi.asp]</ref>. +
cite not good enought to support this claim; rmv silly stretch to criticize US
He was one of the few modern leaders who used [[WMD]]s, specifically [[chemical weapon]]s, in war; and was the instigator of at least two wars: the [[Iran-Iraq War]] during the 1980s and Iraq's August, 1990, invasion of Kuwait.
He was one of the few modern leaders who used [[WMD]]s, specifically [[chemical weapon]]s, in war; and was the instigator of at least two wars: the [[Iran-Iraq War]] during the 1980s and Iraq's August, 1990, invasion of Kuwait.
In 2003 a coalition of the willing invaded Iraq and to force a change of regime from Saddam's [[Ba'athist]] party to a constitutional liberal democracy. A further aim was to break the ties between [[al Qaeda]] and Saddam Hussein. <ref>[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/033jgqyi.asp]</ref>.
Captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003, Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S.-led forces. On November 5 2006, he was convicted of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him, and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam was executed on December 30, 2006. Interestingly, the name "Saddam" means "one who confronts".{{fact}}
Captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003, Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S.-led forces. On November 5 2006, he was convicted of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him, and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam was executed on December 30, 2006. Interestingly, the name "Saddam" means "one who confronts".{{fact}}