Who started gaining more power in the 1970s?
Saddam Hussein
Faisal II of Iraq
Abdul Rahman Arif
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Answer
Saddam Hussein started gaining more power in the 1970s. He was the vice president of Iraq at the time, and he was able to use his position to consolidate his power. He was able to do this by taking advantage of the political instability in Iraq at the time. In 1979, he was able to overthrow the government and become the president of Iraq.
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