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Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein , 1937-2006, Iraqi political leader. A member of the Ba'ath party , he fled Iraq after participating (1959) in an assassination attempt on the country's prime minister; in Egypt he attended law school. Returning to Iraq in 1963 after the Ba'athists briefly came to power, he played a... Read more |
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Iyad Allawi
Iyad Allawi1945 • Adhamiyah, IraqFormer prime minister of IraqFor nearly thirty years Iraq-born Iyad Allawi lived in Great Britain, where he was known for his skills as a neurologist (brain doctor). At the same time, he was an important player in Iraqi underground (secret) politics. In the 1960s... Read more |
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Hussein
Hussein For some names spelled thus, use Husayn or Husein.... Read more |
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Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr
Ahmad Hasan al- Bakr , 1914-82, president of Iraq (1968-79). He served as an officer in the Iraqi army but was forced to retire (1958) because of his participation in revolutionary activities. A member of the Ba'ath party , an ultranationalist left-wing group, he became prime minister after the... Read more |
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gulf
gulf Gulf War the war of January and February 1991 in which an international coalition of forces assembled in Saudi Arabia under the auspices of the United Nations forced the withdrawal of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which they had invaded and occupied in August 1990.Gulf War... Read more |
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , 1900-1989, Iranian Shiite religious leader. Educated in Islam at home and in theological schools, in the 1950s he was designated ayatollah, a supreme religious leader, in the Iranian Shiite community. Khomeini's criticisms of Reza Shah Pahlevi led to his exile in... Read more |
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Persian Gulf War
Persian Gulf War ¦ JUDSON KNIGHT The Persian Gulf War, in which a coalition led by the United States drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait in early 1991, was one of the most successful campaigns in history. At a cost of less than 300 Allied lives, coalition troops, whose... Read more |
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Gulf War
Gulf War (January 16, 1991–February 28, 1991) Military action by a US-led coalition of 32 states to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait (August 2, 1990) and claimed it as an Iraqi province. On August 7, 1990, Operation Desert Shield began a mass deployment of... Read more |
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Husayn
Husayn For some names spelled thus, use Husein or Hussein.... Read more |
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Moktada al-Sadr
Moktada al- Sadr , 1973?-, Iraqi Shiite cleric. The son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, who was assassinated in 1999 (presumably by Saddam Hussein 's secret police), he emerged after the American invasion of Iraq as a savvy, militantly Islamist and anti-American leader, with significant... Read more |
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Saudis wrong partner for oil-thirsty America China's Iron Curtain Inspect...
...we part with the Saudis, how high might the price climb if Saddam Hussein were free to conquer Saudi Arabia? Would we willingly...be warned that the only government they will bring down is the one that supplied the an |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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SADDAM HUSSEIN WILL NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP SEEKING REVENGE
Saddam Hussein is back. That was the...showed the 53-year-old Saddam in an underground bunker...maintain his rule and put down the Shiite and Kurdish...communications systems. But Saddam's biggest asset in his climb-back was, ... |
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Saddam's bad act finally panned.(Editorial)
...watched the Marines climb the statue of Saddam Hussein and help the people pull it down, and wondered the...to it, wanting it down, wanting to crush it the way Saddam Hussein had crushed them... |
 "Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India)")
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Saddam supporter climbs tower to protest
...denounce the hanging of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The drama continued for over six hours near the...impending hanging of the relatives and supporters of Hussein. He finally came down at 4 p.m. after the police told him that his... |
 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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BLAIR VOWS: I'LL TOPPLE SADDAM.(News)
...attempt not just to curb Saddam but get rid of him altogether...them for freedom from Saddam Hussein. They find themselves...medicines. He also accused Saddam of diverting cash from...threat of force made Saddam climb ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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WE MUST STOP HIM; Tony Blair tells Saddam: There will be no warnings, no...
...work to topple Saddam Hussein's regime. The Government...them for freedom from Saddam Hussein. "They find themselves...would be better off if Saddam were not in power...threat of force made Saddam climb ... |
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Dow Climbs 48 Following Capture of Saddam
...fallen Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The Dow Jones...gains would hold. Saddam's arrest could...composite index was down 4.78, or 0...earlier euphoria over Saddam's arrest, the...capture of Saddam Hussein, are ... |
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Finger is still on the trigger; Saddam in Blair's sights
...without warning if Saddam Hussein seeks to interfere...military blow against Saddam's power- base...Saturday night climb-down just two hours...before, now have Saddam trapped." Pressed...removing Saddam ... |
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U.S. Asks U.N. to Accelaerate Its Weapons Inspections in Iraq; Saddam's...
Saddam Hussein is back. That was the...showed the 54-year-old Saddam in an underground bunker...maintain his rule and put down the Shiite and Kurdish...communications systems. But Saddam's biggest asset in his climb-back was, ... |
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Next time we strike; Tony Blair tells Saddam: There will be no warnings, no...
...pledged to work to topple Saddam's regime. The Government...them for freedom from Saddam Hussein. They find themselves...would be better off if Saddam were not in power...threat of force made Saddam climb ... |
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