After he finished junior high, he applied to the prestigious Baghdad Military Academy but since he had poor grades, he wasn't accepted which led him to go deeper and deeper into politics. ... In 1964, a rightist military officer who opposed the Baathist takeover jailed Hussein. ... During the next few days, more then 450 people were rounded up and killed, Hussein personally killed high-ranking members of the Baath party including Shiite member of Command and the head of the labor union. ...

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