saddam

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Definition of saddam in English English dictionary

Saddam Hussein, Iraqi politician

A male given name of Arabic usage

{i} male first name; Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), former Iraqi president and political leader (1979-2003) who was executed by hanging on December 30th 2006

Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)

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Saddam Hussein

{i} (1937-2006) former Iraqi president and political leader (1979-2003) who was executed by hanging on December 30th 2006

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussein. the President of Iraq since 1979. He led Iraq in a long war against Iran (1980-88), and in 1990 he tried to take control of Kuwait. This caused the Gulf War, and Saddam's armies were forced to leave Kuwait by United Nations forces, led by the US (1937- ). born April 28, 1937, Tikrt, Iraq President of Iraq (1979-2003). He joined the Bath Party in 1957. Following participation in a failed attempt to assassinate Iraqi Pres. Abd al-Karm Qsim in 1959, addm fled to Cairo, where he briefly attended law school. He returned to Iraq when the Bathists gained power in 1963. Jailed when the Bathists were overthrown, he escaped and helped reinstall the party to power in 1968. He led the nationalization of the oil industry in 1972. He took over the presidency with the aims of replacing Egypt as leader of the Arab world and of gaining hegemony over the Persian Gulf, and he launched wars against Iran (Iran-Iraq War, 1980-90) and Kuwait (First Persian Gulf War, 1990-91), both of which he lost. He instituted a brutal dictatorship and directed intensive campaigns against minorities within Iraq, particularly the Kurds. U.S. fears regarding his development of weapons of mass destruction led to Western sanctions against Iraq. Sanctions were followed by an Anglo-American invasion in 2003 (Second Persian Gulf War) that drove him from power. After several months in hiding, he was captured by U.S. forces. See also Pan-Arabism

fedayeen saddam

a feared paramilitary unit formed in 1995 by young soldiers to serve Saddam Hussein against domestic opponents

Turkish pronunciation

sıdäm

Pronunciation

/səˈdäm/ /səˈdɑːm/

Etymology

() Arabic صدام (ʂaddām), to continuously confront.