Iraq under Saddam Hussein

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Iraq_under_Saddam_Hussein

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Baghdad
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:currency	Iraqi dinar
gptkbp:endDate	2003
gptkbp:governmentType	revolutionary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Iraq under Saddam Hussein
gptkbp:humanRightsAbuses	poor
gptkbp:leader	Saddam Hussein
gptkbp:notable_for	mass executions of political opponents
gptkbp:notableAgent	gptkb:Special_Republican_Guard gptkb:Fedayeen_Saddam gptkb:Mukhabarat
gptkbp:notableAlly	gptkb:France gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:United_States_(pre-1990)
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Iran gptkb:Iran–Iraq_War gptkb:Iraq_War gptkb:Israel gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:Iraqi_Communist_Party gptkb:Iraqi_Kurds gptkb:Iraqi_Shiites gptkb:United_States_(post-1990)
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Al-Faw_Palace gptkb:Al-Muthanna_State_Establishment gptkb:Baghdad_Nuclear_Research_Facility
gptkbp:notableCulturalPolicy	state propaganda monuments to Saddam Hussein promotion of Ba'athist ideology
gptkbp:notableEconomicProgram	gptkb:Oil-for-Food_Programme
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Iran–Iraq_War gptkb:Iraq_War gptkb:Anfal_campaign gptkb:Saddam_Hussein's_capture_(2003) invasion of Kuwait
gptkbp:notableInmate	Abu Ghraib prison
gptkbp:notableMassacre	gptkb:Halabja_chemical_attack gptkb:Dujail_massacre
gptkbp:notablePolicy	gptkb:censorship gptkb:Arabization suppression of dissent personality cult militarization oil nationalization
gptkbp:notableUNInspection	gptkb:UNSCOM gptkb:UNMOVIC
gptkbp:notableUNResolution	gptkb:UNSC_Resolution_1441 gptkb:UNSC_Resolution_661 gptkb:UNSC_Resolution_687
gptkbp:notableWeaponProgram	nuclear test biological weapons program chemical weapons program
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Arabic Kurdish
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Ba'ath_Party
gptkbp:population	approximately 24 million (2002)
gptkbp:sanctionedBy	gptkb:United_Nations_sanctions
gptkbp:startDate	1979
gptkbp:weapon	gptkb:Scud_missiles chemical weapons
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dictatorship
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5