Hussein

[ hoo-seyn ]

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noun

Also ��·��𾱲�; ��·�� [] al-Husayn, a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
��·�岹�� [sah-, dahm], at-Takriti, 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.

Hussein

/ ��ʊˈ��ɪ�� /

noun

AlsoHusain Hussein19351999MJordanianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1935–99, king of Jordan (1952–99)
HusseinSaddam19372006MIraqiPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: head of state Saddam (sæˈdæm). 1937–2006, Iraqi politician: president (1979–2003) and prime minister (1994–2003) of Iraq. He led Iraq into the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) and the Gulf War (1991) but was deposed and captured in the US-led invasion of 2003; executed 2006

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On Thursday, Tanzania's Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe said trade restrictions from those two countries "directly affected" traders from his country and described the trade barrier as "unfair and harmful".

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"We are taking this step to protect our business interests. This is business - in business, we must all respect each other," Tanzania's Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe said on Wednesday, while confirming the move.

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But within 24 hours, the Al Qaeda attacks turn the Husseins from an average dysfunctional family with unfortunate names into a suspected terror cell.

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"This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!" he continued, calling Boasberg "a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama."

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King Hussein, father to Abdullah, fought a pitched battle against the Palestinian Liberation Organization that led to the group’s ouster from the country in 1970.

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