hawan Saddam Hussein kan karagar mulki a Iraqi ya kasance alama ce ta dabarun karfafa tasiri da iko.A shekara ta 1976, ya zama janar a cikin sojojin Iraqi, da sauri ya zama babban jigon gwamnati.Yayin da lafiyar shugaba Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr ta ragu, Saddam ya kara zama fuskar gwamnatin Iraqi, a cikin gida da kuma harkokin kasa da kasa.Ya zama mai tsara manufofin ketare na Iraki yadda ya kamata, yana wakiltar al'ummar kasar a harkokin diflomasiyya kuma a hankali ya zama jagora na hakika shekaru kafin hawansa kan karagar mulki a shekara ta 1979.A wannan lokacin, Saddam ya mayar da hankali wajen karfafa matsayinsa a cikin jam'iyyar Baath.Ya ƙulla dangantaka da ƴan jam'iyya masu mahimmanci, tare da kafa tushe mai aminci da tasiri.Hankalinsa ba wai don samun abokan zama kadai ba ne, har ma da tabbatar da ikonsa a cikin jam’iyya da gwamnati.A cikin 1979, wani gagarumin ci gaba ya faru a lokacin da al-Bakr ya ƙaddamar da yerjejeniya da Siriya, wanda kuma gwamnatin Ba'ath ta jagoranta, da nufin haɗa kan ƙasashen biyu.A karkashin wannan shiri, shugaban Syria Hafiz al-Assad zai zama mataimakin shugaban kungiyar, matakin da ka iya yin barazana ga makomar siyasar Saddam.Da yake jin haɗarin kasancewa a gefe, Saddam ya ɗauki matakin da ya dace don tabbatar da ikonsa.Ya tilasta wa al-Bakr da ya yi murabus a ranar 16 ga Yulin 1979, sannan ya zama shugaban kasar Iraki, tare da karfafa ikonsa kan kasar da alkiblar siyasarta.Iraki a karkashin gwamnatin Saddam Hussein, daga 1979 zuwa 2003, lokaci ne na mulkin kama karya da rikice-rikicen yanki.Saddam, wanda ya hau kan karagar mulki a matsayin shugaban kasar Iraki a shekara ta 1979, cikin gaggawa ya kafa gwamnatin kama-karya, ta hanyar karkatar da mulki tare da murkushe adawar siyasa.Daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru a farkon mulkin Saddam shi ne yakin Iran -Iraki daga 1980 zuwa 1988. Wannan rikici da kasar Iraki ta faro a kokarin da take yi na kwace iko da yankunan Iran masu arzikin man fetur da kuma tinkarar tasirin juyin juya halin Musulunci na Iran, ya yi sanadin hasarar rayuka da dama. rudanin tattalin arziki ga kasashen biyu.Yakin dai ya kawo karshe cikin rashin nasara, ba tare da wani takamaimen nasara ba, kuma yayi mummunar illa ga tattalin arziki da al'ummar Iraki.A karshen shekarun 1980, gwamnatin Saddam ta yi kaurin suna wajen yakin Al-Anfal kan al'ummar Kurdawa a arewacin Iraki.Wannan kamfen ya shafi cin zarafi da dama da suka hada da amfani da makamai masu guba a wurare irin su Halabja a shekarar 1988, wanda ya yi sanadin salwantar fararen hula da matsugunansu.Mamayewar Kuwait a 1990 ya nuna wani muhimmin batu a mulkin Saddam.Wannan zaluncin ya kai ga yakin Gulf a shekarar 1991, yayin da rundunar hadin gwiwa karkashin jagorancin Amurka ta shiga tsakani wajen korar sojojin Iraki daga Kuwait.Yakin dai ya haifar da mummunar kaye ga kasar Iraki tare da sanya Majalisar Dinkin Duniya tsaurara takunkumin tattalin arziki.A cikin shekarun 1990, gwamnatin Saddam ta fuskanci kebewar kasa da kasa saboda wadannan takunkuman, wadanda suka yi mummunar tasiri ga tattalin arzikin Iraki da kuma jin dadin jama'arta.Har ila yau, gwamnatin na fuskantar binciken makaman kare-dangi (WMDs), ko da yake ba a samu ko daya ba.Babi na karshe na mulkin Saddam ya zo ne da mamayar da Amurka ta yi wa Iraki a shekara ta 2003, bisa zargin kawar da zargin da Iraki ke yi na mallakar WMD da kuma kawo karshen mulkin zalunci na Saddam.Wannan mamayewa ya kai ga rugujewar gwamnatin Saddam cikin gaggawa, daga karshe kuma aka kama shi a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2003. Daga baya wata kotun kasar Iraki ta yi shari'ar Saddam Hussein da kuma yanke masa hukuncin kisa a shekara ta 2006 saboda laifukan cin zarafin bil'adama, wanda ke nuna karshen daya daga cikin lokuta mafi muni a tarihin Iraki na zamani. .