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Saddam Hussein
/ æˈæ /
Hussein, Saddam
Dictator of Iraq who seized power in 1979. With the intent of making Iraq the dominant power in the oil-rich Persian Gulf, Hussein invaded Iran in 1980 and Kuwait in 1990. The latter invasion provoked a military response from the United Nations, led by the United States, which drove Iraqi forces from Kuwait in 1991. (See Persian Gulf War.)
Example Sentences
"In 1980, when Saddam Hussein attacked Iran his aim was the collapse of the Islamic Republic," he says.
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.
The latter refers to the sectarian bloodletting that followed Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein’s removal.
Colonel Gaddafi of Libya and Saddam Hussein of Iraq were removed without a ready-made replacement waiting in the wings.
Ali fled Saddam Hussein’s Iraq as a 16-year-old fearing for his life.
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