The Story of Saddam Hussein's Early Life

The story of Saddam Hussein's early life is a very interesting one. I believe that it explains partially why Saddam acts the way he does now. Hussein was born on April 28, 1937, outside of the small village of Tikrit in Iraq. The story of his childhood is a sad one as his father either died or left the family five months before his birth. Shortly after Saddam's father left the family his brother died of cancer and his mother was left by herself, still being pregnant with Saddam. Saddam's mother chose to name her son Saddam because of its meaning. The name Saddam means "one who comforts." However, one can say that he did not live up to his name as he brought more pain and suffering to his people rather than comfort.
Saddam's mother remarried later on in her life to a man named Ibrahim al-Hassarvn. Unfortunately, Saddam's new step father did not help his life to be any better. Ibrahim treated Saddam terribly, abusing him and forcing him to steal chickens and sheep to be resold. Saddam left home when he was ten years old and went to live with his uncle, Khayrallah Tulfah. His uncle lived in Baghdad and was a Sunni Muslim which was a new set of beliefs that Saddam was introduced to. Saddam said that he learned his most important lessons from his uncle, including the belief that he should never surrender to his enemy, no matter what his situation is. Saddam attended a secondary school of nationalistic views which affected his thinking and beliefs a great deal. At the age of twenty, Saddam excitedly signed himself into the pan-Arab Ba'ath Party under the influence of his uncle. Saddam was beginning to move into the world of adulthood still under the care and teaching of his uncle with the background of brutality, stealing, and not being loved and cared for as a usual child is.

The End of World War I

November 11, 1918 , World War I was finally over. It was at eleven o'clock, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month that Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces. The cease-fire treaty took place at Rethondes, France. The Germans were forced to surrender after the British forces created a strong blockade and the United States entered the war, joining the Allied Forces. The Germans were facing terrible loses in many battles, and many problems were arising in the counrty of Germany due to the war. At the beginning of the war the Germans had such high hopes and they believed that they would be able to win the war in 42 days. Other countries believed that this would be the war to end all wars, but they were quite mistaken as World War II followed soon after this. World War I lasted four years, starting in 1914, with the United States entering the war for the last year of fighting. After the armistice was signed, peace confrences were held in France and Woodrow Wilson made his speech concering his Fourteen Points to Congress. However, there were many problems left unresolved from World War I that lead to start of World War II only twenty years later.

The Story of Anastasia

I find that the Story of Anastasia and her family is very interesting, I just wonder if anyone from the family actually survived. Anastasia was born into a life of royalty as she was the daughter of the Tzar of Russia. She had three elder sisters and one brother in her family, she being the second youngest in her family. Unfortunately, Anastasia's brother was a hemophiliac and Anastasia's mother, Alix, was desperate to find any cure for her son. Alix was willing to try anything which drove her to accept the help of Rasputin, a man known for his evil deeds but also known for having mystic powers to heal sicknesses.
During this time Russia was engaged in World War World and Anastasia's father was having problems keeping control of the Russian people. Men and women from Petrograd and Moscow rioted against the Tzar causing a munity throughout Russia. On March 15, 1917, the Tzar was forced to relinquish his power over Russia and was held captive with his family at his winter castle. The final result of his captivity was that he and his family were brought into the basement of his castle and killed with machine guns.
The interesting twist to this story came when a young woman was found who called herself Anna Anderson. She was found on February 17, 1920, when she jumped off of a bridge in Berlin. She is now suspected to be Anastasia who survived the gun fire and bayonets and lives on today.
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