Saddam Hussein

Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrīt, sometimes spelled Husayn or Hussain; (Arabic صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 {{fn|1}}) was President of Iraq from 1979 until his removal and capture during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

See also

• Iran-Iraq War
• Baghdad International Airport (formerly Saddam International Airport)
• Human rights situation in Saddam's Iraq
• Operation Rockingham
• Saddam Hussein in U.S. popular culture
• Saddam's Trial and Iran-Iraq War
• Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda