Saddam Hussein is the ruler of Iraq and was born and raised there. He was born on April 28, 1937. Some have called him the enemy of the Western world. In October of 1990 President Bush said, “We’re dealing with Hitler revisited.” In 1959 he participated in a assassination attempt against the Iraqi Prime Minister, Abudul Karim Kassim. Saddam Hussein is a overall bad man. Click here to go back to the essay.