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Tariq Aziz Foreign minister
of Iraq during the Gulf conflict
- Born 1936 · A close associate of Saddam Hussein since the 1960s
- Fluent in English
- Iraqi Cultural and Information Minister, 1974-1978
- Deputy Prime Minister, 1981-1983
- Foreign Minister,1983-1991
- Served as Iraq's chief spokesperson during the Gulf conflict
For more information, go to: Interview
with Tariq Aziz
James Baker U.S. Secretary of State
during Gulf conflict
- Born Houston, Texas, 1930
- Served two years in the Marine Corps
- Graduated from Princeton University, 1952
- White House chief of staff under Ronald Reagan, 1981-1985
- Secretary of the Treasury under Ronald Reagan, 1985-1988
- Secretary of State under George Bush, 1989-1992
For more information, go to: James
A. Baker Institute for Public Policy
George Bush President of the United States
during the Gulf conflict
- Born Milton, Massachusetts, 1924
- Flew fifty-eight combat missions during World War II, was shot
down over the Pacific Ocean, and received the Distinguished Flying
Cross
- Graduated from Yale University, 1948 · Congressman from Texas,
1966-1970
- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971-1973
- Ambassador to China, 1974-1975 · Director of the Central Intelligence
Agency, 1976-1977
- Vice president under Ronald Reagan, 1980-88
- Forty-first president of the United States, 1989-1992
For more information, go to: Bush
Presidential Library
Saddam Hussein President of Iraq during
the Gulf conflict
- Born in Al Awaja near Tikrit, Iraq, 1937
- Joined the Socialist Baath Party, 1956
- Participated in assassination attempt Prime Minister Abdul-Karim
Qassim, 1959, was shot in the leg, and went into exile in Egypt
- Studied at Cairo University, 1962
- Was key figure in coup that brought Ahmed Hassan Bakr to power,
1968
- Becomes Deputy Security-General of Baathist Party, 1968
- Influence grows and by 1974 is effective power-broker in Iraqi
politics
- Installed as leader of Iraq, 1979
For more information, go to: Saddam
Biographer interview
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