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Hussein

[hoo-seyn]

noun

  1. Also Hosein; Husain al-Husayn, a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.

  2. Saddam at-Takriti, 1937–2006, Iraqi political leader: president 1979–2003.



Hussein

/ ʊˈɪ /

noun

  1. Also: Husain.1935–99, king of Jordan (1952–99)

  2. 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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After the revolution, the MEK went to Iraq and joined Saddam Hussein in the early 1980s during his war against Iran, which made them unpopular among many Iranians.

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Hussein was born in Pakistan and moved here forty years ago.

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