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level: Saddam Hussein's rule in Iraq

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
Saddam Hussein become president of Iraq in...	1979
Carrot and stick means...	using a combination of terror and rewards when ruling
Roughly how many people did Saddam purge when he first became president?	500
The name for the political party that Saddam was a member of	Ba'athist
There was an attempted assassination of Saddam in the village of	Dujail
A referendum was held on Saddam's presidency where	99% of Iraqis voted in support
The third biggest ethnic group in Iraq are called..	the Kurds
In March 1988 Saddam’s planes bombarded the Kurdish town of	Halabja
In which year did the Iran - Iraq war end?	1988
Roughly 180,000 Kurds were...	killed using chemical gas attacks
Roughly 100,000 Kurds...	fled northern Iraq to Turkey in 1988
The majority of Ba'ath party members were... (religion)	Sunni
Saddam became increasingly suspicious of Shi'ite Islam as a result of...	the Iranian revolution
In 1980—81, 200,000 Shiites were deported...	to Iran as their ‘loyalty was not proven’.