Published: Friday, June 1, 2007. 1  The Moon's increasing distance has to do with a physics concept called angular momentum, which is a body's resistance to a change in its rotation or orbit. If we look at the Earth-Moon system, we find two sources of angular momentum â Earth, which rotates once every 24 hours, and the Moon, which orbits the Earth every 27.3 days. The Moon's increasing distance has to do with a physics concept called angular momentum, which is a body's resistance to a change in its rotation or orbit.
Saddam is hanged at 6 a.m. on 30 December. His body is buried the next day at al-Awja, his home village. Comment: There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein was a ruthless killer and that his regime was dictatorial, murderous and repugnant. Up to 450,000 Iraqi and 730,000 Iranian combatants died during the Iran-Iraq War.
Another matter to consider from the very beginning is who caused every single one of the Iraqi deaths; Saddam certainly caused the deaths of many Iraqis who were killed by Iran and by many other countries (including the US) in the First Gulf War.