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.
The Kurds of Iraq form more than 30% of the population. The Iraqi government declared war against the Kurds. That war was called (Anfal). The name was taken from the Koran in the book of Islam. In this war 200 000 people were killed and 5000 villages and towns were destroyed. The Kurds of Syria make up about 10% of the population.