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Noun: Saddam Hussein  su'daam hoo'seyn or 'sa-dam hû'seyn
  1. Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War ; born in 1937, deposed in 2003 after the US-led invasion of Iraq, executed in 2006
    - Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti

Type of: leader

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