SADDAM -- 'FATHER OF VICTORIES?'.

From: Contemporary Review | Date: August 1, 2000| Author: Ramsay, Allan | Copyright information

SADDAM is a nondescript brown terrier, predominantly Airedale, owned by M. Roland Turpin who, with his brother, runs the local sawmill. He was named after the 'Father of Victories' because he was born as the latter's army launched itself into Kuwait in 1992. It is M. Turpin's only recorded concession to the wider world beyond the confines of his small corner of the Mayenne. But there the resemblance ends. Saddam is a friendly dog who threatens no-one. The only occasion he reminds m...

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