President of Iraq since 1979 (Vice President from 1968-79), Saddam Hussein [Husayn] was a dictator who stopped at nothing to preserve personal power and regime survival. ... The chief influences during Hussein's childhood and teenage years were his mother and his uncle Khairullah Tulfah. Tulfah, an Iraqi army officer...
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: Ṣaddām Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrītī 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the President of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.[http //ww...
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In the Wall Street Journal article she is quoted as having said that she did not want her baby and asking "after losing my husband and child, what good can this baby do me?" Even Saddam Hussein's official biography recounts his unhappy childhood.
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Saddam Hussein was born in the desert town of Takrit, April 28, 1937. Facts about his childhood are vague, but it is reported that his father was killed by the British who occupied Iraq at the time.
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But the really serious problem concerns the authors' inconsistent presentation of Saddam Hussein's character in his early and later years. In the biography's first part, covering the years 1937-79, Saddam's rise is traced from childhood through his brutal step-by-step ascent to the presidency of Iraq.
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---Posted by Saddam "I Wish to Negotiate" Hussein at 5:22 AM ... And for that reason Hussein Ali Kamal, the deputy interior minister, should be commended for speaking out. He recently said that Iraq was in a "state of undeclared civil war."; Of course, no sooner had he said this that a whole bunch of other government...
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The early childhood of Saddam Hussein is similar to that of Zhirinovsky. His upbringing was no less unhappy and unloving. Many believe that Saddam's father deserted him and his mother when he was a child. His stepfather was a crude person who disliked him.
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Short biography and background notes on Saddam Hussein. ... Full name Saddam Hussein al-Majid al-Tikriti. AKA 'Great Uncle', AKA 'Lion of Babylon', AKA 'Lion of Iraq', AKA 'Beast of Baghdad'. Saddam translates to 'One Who Confronts'.
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Saddam Hussein , Political Leader Born: 28 April 1937 Birthplace: Tikrit District, Iraq Died: 30 December 2006 (execution by hanging) Best Known As: ... Saddam Hussein (also Husayn, Hussain) al-Tikriti was born on 28 April 1937 to a Sunni Arab family in Tikrit, Iraq, on the northern bank of the Tigris River. His family was...
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Wartime rhetoric regarding Hussein's "rape rooms," death by torture, decisions to slaughter the children of political enemies, and the casual machine-gunning of peaceful protesters accurately reflected the day-to-day policies of Saddam Hussein's regime. ... After a difficult childhood, during which he was abused by...
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