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Saddam Hussein Research Paper

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In 1969, my mother’s family fled Iraq for the United States in hopes of establishing a stable, opportunistic lifestyle. However, their refuge to the land of opportunity was not without adversity. Saddam Hussein’s rise to power was arguably the best and worst event that happened to the Chaldeans. Before Saddam, Iraq was led by nationalists who were not fond of Christians and their beliefs. However, Saddam’s prime minister, Tariq Aziz, was Chaldean and allowed Christians to practice their religion without feeling oppressed as a minority in a majority Muslim country. Still, the majority of their liberties were still restricted, and their obedience to Saddam and his Ba’ath Party regime was mandatory. In 1990, after ordering brutal chemical attacks …show more content…

Sometimes they are forced to abandoned what they hold most dear. The immigration crisis today has left millions of people stranded in foreign lands. Many have died or suffered greatly during their refuge, hoping to find a new life, a new beginning. Saddam and his Ba’ath Party brutally imposed that reality on many Iraqis. While the Chaldeans may not have had it as hard as other Christians in the country, the effects of the Gulf War, the Kuwait invasion and the Iraq war in 2003 caused massive displacement and adversity for our people. Many were exiled from their homelands, others from themselves, suffering psychological and emotional trauma that lives within them to this day. However, our culture and our faith have always uplifted us. Our churches serve as the pinnacle of our community, and it is here that Chaldean immigrants and their children gather to re-establish the life they once remembered. Their courage and desire to escape from a war-torn country and flee to America is truly a unique story of escaping savaged lands, finding new homes and building empires on sheer

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