Tikrit, Iraq

Saddam Hussein was born in Tikrit,Iraq. He was born in 1937.His father died around the time of his birth, his mother married his step father and it was said that Saddam’s stepfather beat him. Saddam led a tough childhood in Tikrit and people said this was why he was a tough leader, he was treating his people the way he was treated himself. Tikrit was the place of Saddam Hussein’s childhood, and where he was raised to be the fine leader he was even though he was tough and strict. It was the last place he visited before his death.