Saddam Hussein
1937 to 2006
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Saddam Hussein across 8 places, from 1937 to 2003. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the United States-led invasion of Iraq.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Saddam Hussein was documented, and when
28 April 1937exact date
Al-Awjaattested
“Saddam Hussein Al-Majid Al-Tikriti was born on 28 April 1937, in al-Awja, a small village near Tikrit, to a Sunni Arab family from the Al-Bejat clan of the Bedouin Al-Bu Nasir tribe.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
28 April 1937exact date
Tikritattested
“Saddam Hussein Al-Majid Al-Tikriti was born on 28 April 1937, in al-Awja, a small village near Tikrit, to a Sunni Arab family from the Al-Bejat clan of the Bedouin Al-Bu Nasir tribe.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1963year
Kingdom of Egyptattested
“Being exiled in Egypt at the time, Saddam played no role in the 1963 coup or the brutal anti-communist purge that followed; although he returned to Iraq after the coup, becoming a key organizer within the Ba'ath Party's civilian wing upo…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1963year
Iraqattested
“Being exiled in Egypt at the time, Saddam played no role in the 1963 coup or the brutal anti-communist purge that followed; although he returned to Iraq after the coup, becoming a key organizer within the Ba'ath Party's civilian wing upo…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1984year
United Statesattested
“After which, Saddam sent his deputy Aziz to visit the United States in 1984.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
2001 to 2002period
Palestineattested
“In 2001, Saddam declared on the state Iraqi television: In 2002, following Israeli incursions into Palestinian territory, Saddam stopped supplying oil to Western countries in order to force Israel to abandon its incursions, a move suppor…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
13 December 2003exact date
Tikritattested
“On 13 December 2003, in Operation Red Dawn, Saddam was captured by American forces after being found hiding in a hole in the ground near a farmhouse in Ad-Dawr, near Tikrit.”
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13 December 2003exact date
Operation Red Dawnattested
“On 13 December 2003, in Operation Red Dawn, Saddam was captured by American forces after being found hiding in a hole in the ground near a farmhouse in Ad-Dawr, near Tikrit.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
13 December 2003exact date
Ad-Dawrattested
“On 13 December 2003, in Operation Red Dawn, Saddam was captured by American forces after being found hiding in a hole in the ground near a farmhouse in Ad-Dawr, near Tikrit.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
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Places Saddam Hussein is documented in
Tikrit2 presences · 1937 to 2003
Iraq1 presence · 1963Kingdom of Egypt1 presence · 1963United States1 presence · 1984Ad-Dawr1 presence · 2003
Al-Awja1 presence · 1937
Operation Red Dawn1 presence · 2003
Palestine1 presence · 2001
Other places tied to Saddam Hussein in the record
In each of these, a source puts Saddam Hussein and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Saddam Hussein was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1959year
Second Syrian Republicmentioned
“His biography—and Iraqi television, which stages the story ad nauseam—tells of his familiarity with guns from the age of ten; his fearlessness and loyalty to the party during the 1959 operation; his bravery in saving his comrades by comm…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1964year
Iranmentioned
“Khomeini, having been exiled from Iran in 1964, took up residence in Iraq, at the Shia holy city of Najaf.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1964year
Iraqmentioned
“Khomeini, having been exiled from Iran in 1964, took up residence in Iraq, at the Shia holy city of Najaf.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
December 1974month
Madridmentioned
“His visit to Spain took place in December 1974, when the Caudillo of Spain, Francisco Franco, invited him to Madrid and he visited Granada, Córdoba and Toledo.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
December 1974month
Granadamentioned
“His visit to Spain took place in December 1974, when the Caudillo of Spain, Francisco Franco, invited him to Madrid and he visited Granada, Córdoba and Toledo.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
December 1974month
Spainmentioned
“His visit to Spain took place in December 1974, when the Caudillo of Spain, Francisco Franco, invited him to Madrid and he visited Granada, Córdoba and Toledo.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1975 to 1978period
Francementioned
“When Khomeini began to urge the Shias there to overthrow Saddam and under pressure from the Shah, who had agreed to a rapprochement between Iraq and Iran in 1975, Saddam agreed to expel Khomeini in 1978 to France.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
September 1975month
Parismentioned
“In September 1975 he met with Prime Minister Jacques Chirac in Paris, France.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1 April 1980exact date
University of Baghdadmentioned
“On 1 April 1980, the Islamic Dawa Party, an Iraqi Islamist group with supportive ties to Iran, attempted to assassinate Tariq Aziz, Iraq's then deputy prime minister at the University of Baghdad campus, in retaliation for a 30 March decr…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
1 April 1980exact date
Iranmentioned
“On 1 April 1980, the Islamic Dawa Party, an Iraqi Islamist group with supportive ties to Iran, attempted to assassinate Tariq Aziz, Iraq's then deputy prime minister at the University of Baghdad campus, in retaliation for a 30 March decr…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
February 1982month
The U.Smentioned
“bid to open full diplomatic relations with Iraq, the country was removed from the U.S list of State Sponsors of Terrorism in February 1982.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
20 December 1983exact date
Baghdadmentioned
“The real reason was to help them succeed in the war against Iran." Middle East special envoy Donald Rumsfeld met Saddam on 19–20 December 1983 at Baghdad.”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
February 1986month
First Battle of al-Fawmentioned
“However, Saddam's government later blamed the Iraqi defeat in the First Battle of al-Faw in February 1986 on "misinformation from the U.S." The end of the war with Iran served to deepen latent tensions between Iraq and its wealthy neighb…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
February 1986month
The U.Smentioned
“However, Saddam's government later blamed the Iraqi defeat in the First Battle of al-Faw in February 1986 on "misinformation from the U.S." The end of the war with Iran served to deepen latent tensions between Iraq and its wealthy neighb…”
source: Wikipedia: Saddam Hussein
25 July 1990exact date
25 July 1990exact date
1991year
February 1991month
26 June 1993exact date
26 June 1993exact date
26 June 1993exact date
1995 to 2000period
August 1995month
2000year
Documented at the same place, the same year
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Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured, explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there, mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sources
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