Chehlum Saddam Hussain
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī[1]; April 28, 1937[2] – December 30, 2006[3]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979, until April 9, 2003.[4][5]
A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power. As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Saddam tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed forces — at a time when many other groups were considered capable of overthrowing the government — by creating repressive security forces. In the early 1970s, Saddam spearheaded Iraq's nationalization of the Western-owned Iraq Petroleum Company, which had long held a monopoly on the country's oil. Through the 1970s, Saddam cemented his authority over the apparatuses of government as Iraq's economy grew at a rapid pace.[6]
As president, Saddam maintained power through the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and the first Persian Gulf War (1991). During these conflicts, Saddam repressed movements he deemed threatening to the stability of Iraq, particularly Shi'a and Kurdish movements seeking to overthrow the government or gain independence, respectively. While he remained a popular hero among many disaffected Arabs everywhere for standing up to the West and for his support for the Palestinians,[7] U.S. leaders continued to view Saddam with deep suspicion following the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Saddam was deposed by the U.S. and its allies during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003, Saddam was brought to trial under the Iraqi interim government set up by U.S.-led forces. On November 5, 2006, he was convicted of charges related to the executions of 148 Iraqi Shi'ites suspected of planning an assassination attempt against him, and was sentenced to death by hanging. Saddam was executed on December 30, 2006.[8]
my urdu poem
Eshale sawab ka Koran
andhe hafizon se padwayenge
kale kapde pahankar
apni masjidon mein
yeh matam majlis
karwayenge
ya saddam hussain
ya saddam hussain
ka nara lagwayenge
jhande uthwayenge
yeh bharat desh ke rahne wale
sadam hussain ke jay jay kar
ke nare lagayenge
bangalore mein danga karwayenge
yeh bhule bhatke
yazidiyat ke chahne wale
yazid saddam hussain
ka chehlum manayenge
ek zalim ko yeh apna
devta banayenge
kyon ki
akhrat mein
saddam hussain hi
enke gunha bashkwaenge
shaheed to yeh shaitan
ko bhi baneyenge
bhul bhatke musalman
yeh hind par
vande matram kya gayenge
yeh to sirf saddam hussain
ko apna massiha
banayenge
yeh hum sare watan parast
muslamanon ki
beizzati kareyenge
kya yeh apnon ka
apna banyenge
is desh mein rakhar
yeh saddam hussain
ke gun gayenge
this was written in december in lucknow...
