Saddam Hussein was born on April 28, 1937 in the Tikrit District of Iraq. Soon after he was born into a poor family, his father abandoned them. Saddam's mother remarried and he was frequently beaten by his ... marrying off his two daughters to them. They also happened to be cousins of Saddams" before they married his daughters. In 1995, they surprised the world by defecting to neighboring Jordan and talked of overthrowing him. It was later learned that these men were afraid for their lives because Uday wanted to remove them from Saddam's circle. They were assured if ... ...

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