... proved disastrous for Iraq if not for its leader. After swift, devastating and conclusive defeat in the field, his troops withdrew. In the north and south of Iraq, Kurds and Shiite Arabs rose up, with the tacit approval of the United States but these rebellions were savagely put down by Hussein's government. The humanitarian crisis caused UN troops to deploy into ... ...

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... over ten years later he is still in power with much control to our dismay. The army of Saddam did not oust him; however, they did focus their attention against Shiite Muslim rebels of the south of Iraq and later the Kurdish rebels in the north of Iraq. Both of which the US encouraged to fight against Saddam; however, Bush Sr ... ...

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