... , they were taken into custody. During the next few days, more then 450 people were rounded up and killed, Hussein personally killed high-ranking members of the Baath party including Shiite member of Command and the head of the labor union. This cleansing insured Hussein's power in Iraq. In 1980, since it seemed that the Shiites could be a threat to Saddams ... presidency, Iraq invaded Iran and conducted an eight-year war against one of its closest neighbors and the home of the Shiite fundamentalist Muslims. The Iran-Iraq war, which lasted eight years, between 1980 and 1988 would permane...

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... was said that if you did not vote for him, you would have your food rations stripped for a month and you would be sent to live in the desert. Jowad, a Shiite Muslim said, "we vote for Saddam because we have no choice" (Cooperman 49-50). If you cannot win an election fairly, perhaps you have too much control over your country ... ...

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