| From Fox, just in case anyone here is forgetting. 00:05 CDT update: page 49 fixed. Sorry. AoS. |
1957: Joins underground Baath Socialist Party.
1958: Arrested for killing brother-in-law, a communist; spends six months in prison.
Oct. 7, 1959: Participates in Baath team that ambushes Iraqi strongman Abdel-Karim Kassem in Baghdad, wounding him. Saddam wounded in leg, flees country.
Feb. 8, 1963: Returns from Egypt after Baath takes part in coup that overthrows and kills Kassem.
July 30, 1968: Takes charge of internal security after Baath seizes power and authority passes to council headed by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Saddam's cousin.