Targeting Saddam.(Saddam Hussein's presidency in Iraq)(Cover Story)

Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq, has not built his reputation on being a nice guy. He has ordered the use of poison gas on his own people. He has tortured those that oppose him. He has started wars.

But should the United States try to oust Saddam Hussein from power? President George W. Bush thinks so.

Bush and others say there is evidence that Iraq is trying to make a nuclear bomb that can kill hundreds of thousands of people. President Bush fears Saddam Hussein will give the bomb to terrorists who will then use the nuclear device against the United States.

In recent weeks, Bush and other top White House officials have been trying to convince …